Reminder: Lock Your Car

From: "UHSD Email List" <info@upperhurstville.com>
Subject: Reminder: Lock Your Car
Date: Thu Nov 3 12:23:35 2016

There has been recent sightings of the people looking for unlocked cars during the night. Please remember to Lock Your Vehicle and Minimize the Contents You Leave In It -

The thieves come to our neighborhood because there are not only ”lots of pickings”, all too often they are “easy” pickings. Our cameras have captured groups of these thugs methodically going through our neighborhoods late at night “trying” door handles for unlocked doors. Vehicle burglaries are the most common crime in our district and most of the time, the victim has failed to simply lock the vehicle. Failure to lock your vehicle is actually attracting crime to our neighborhood. Please double check to make sure you’ve locked ALL of your vehicles and removed or at least covered/hidden any valuable contents. If your vehicle has a trunk, put all valuables in it that cannot be removed practicably from the car each night. Glove compartments, even if locked, are oftentimes not really secure. Resist the temptation to leave a gun in your car. Law enforcement tells us that most of the armed robberies in our area are committed with guns stolen from vehicles within our neighborhoods.