Reducing Theft from Auto

With the start of the Queen City Ex today, August 3, 2011, the Regina Police Service is using Social Media to get crime prevention messaging out to the public.  The Police Service is launching an anti-theft campaign on Facebook and Twitter, as well as using the Regina Police Service website.
Check out the “One Tidy Car at a Time” campaign:
– On Facebook at facebook.com/ReginaPoliceService ;
– On Twitter at @reginapolice ;
– On the RPS website at www.reginapolice.ca
The campaign is designed to encourage every vehicle owner to see his or her car the way a thief might see it.  Does it look like an opportunity?  If so, remove all valuables from the vehicle and properly secure the vehicle itself.
Theft from Auto is included in the crime class “Theft under $5,000” and is reported, with other crime statistics, at each monthly meeting of the Regina Board of Police Commissioners.  For the first six months of 2011, “Theft under $5,000” is 8.6% lower than for the first six months of 2010, but an increase in the number of incidents in the past month is narrowing that gap.  Incident reports also show that, in an alarming number of cases, vehicles were left unlocked with cash, electronics, CD’s, sunglasses, backpacks and other valuables in plain view.  A few moments spent in crime prevention can save considerable loss and expense.  The Regina Police Service invites vehicle owners to change the face of property crime…one tidy car at a time!