Originally Posted by westopher (Post 8450098)

Keep your car empty, and your doors unlocked, but an armed alarm. Nothing to steal, no broken windows, no stolen car.

Originally Posted by Spidey (Post 8450136)

If you have valuables in your car, park it inside. If you don't have secure parking, don't carry valuables inside your car. This goes for stereo equipment etc. If you have stereo equipment, there are always ways to bolt it down so it makes it hard to steal. Thieves won't bother if it will take them more than even a minute to get in and out of a car. If you have stereo equipment etc, you should really have a 2 way pager alarm. This way the thieves are less likely to get away with anything.

It isn't whether cops "care" about these things. It is whether they can do anything about it. IMO, it is up to the owner to ensure their property is secure and do their diligence to prevent crime as well. So many people leave 1000 dollar sunglasses and ipads ipods in plain view. Even purses and wallets. People like that make thieves hit up random cars for the moderate chance that they will score relatively big. Even 10 dollar sunglasses are enough to entice a crack head break and and try their luck.

Stats show there is one police officer for about 500 people in Canada, in 2010. I am sure the stats haven't changed too much. Cops can't be everywhere proactively driving around looking for potential car thieves, let alone all other crimes occurring every minute of every day.

Originally Posted by lowda9 (Post 8450143)

thats a good idea. bolt down all the items you dont want stolen lol. Secure the f out of your sub boxes with tons of bolts and same with stereos.