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Police advise public on car security - 26 August 2008
Police advise public on car security – 26 August 2008
Our vehicles are an invaluable convenience for transporting us between home and work, home and study or between places of weekend leisure. Yet, the value we place on the family car can be easily undermined by taking a complacent approach to car security and the tempting items we leave in view of potential thieves.
Don’t give potential thieves any opportunity. Secure your vehicle each and every time you leave it unattended, regardless of how ‘quickly’ you will be returning to it. Becoming a victim of property theft can take only seconds to occur and thieves targeting personal belongings in the vehicle whilst parents drop the kids into school or childcare is a typical example.
When leaving your car unattended, secure all doors and windows and where possible, take valuables with you or move them out of sight. In particular if you own a GPS remove it and its mount from sight. The lure of loose change in the console can be enough to encourage an offender to target your car and ultimately your property. Loss of valuables can potentially be accompanied by entry damage to windows or doors not to mention the disruption caused in repairing it.
Don’t open the door for thieves to take your belongings. Secure your vehicle with the keys to good vehicle safety techniques.