Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] Driving to Montreal? Check for trackers! Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 11:55:07 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 51 Message-ID: <20240401115507.000064b3@example.com> References: <20240331155259.000063ff@example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2024 15:55:08 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e448d2c3c1fbbc93409b96e2da0f5814"; logging-data="2361897"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18wRoj2aEmi7X6DstlrA3INPaXCz+astIw=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:a7heYaFLVtMcTHqxJxIDQl/f/TE= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240401-0, 3/31/2024), Outbound message X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Bytes: 3398 On Sun, 31 Mar 2024 13:40:33 -0700 BTR1701 wrote: > In article <20240331155259.000063ff@example.com>, > Rhino wrote: > > > Apparently, the car thieves in Montreal are planting various > > trackers on cars that visit that city, presumably with the intent > > of stealing them later on. More than one car from Vermont that > > visited Montreal recently was determined to have trackers after > > that visit. > > > > https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2024/03/31/vermont-police-warn-drivers-returning > > -from-montreal-to-check-for-hidden-gps-devices/ > > > > Apparently, the thieves are happy to cross the border to find the > > cars at a later date. Or they have confederates on the US side of > > the border that will steal them. Or maybe the thieves are too dim > > to look at the license plate before planting the tracker. > > I'd love to find a tracker, then sit in the shadows on my front porch > with my shotgun waiting... You should come up to Toronto and train the Toronto Police Service in how to do their jobs. I was horrified when their official advice to home-owners was to leave their doors unlocked and their car keys near the door so that car thieves wouldn't have to hurt anyone in the home to get the keys. This got such a reaction from people that the Chief of the Toronto Police apparently tried to walk the incident back (slightly) by saying that the advice was well-meaning and came from a good place. However, I did NOT hear any pro-active steps that the *police* were planning to stem the increase in car thefts and home invasions to enable those thefts; they merely gave advice to home-owners to park in their garages and things like that: https://nationalpost.com/news/auto-theft-car-keys-toronto-police There were reports last week that the TPS had collared a car theft ring and some guns as a result of a couple of simultaneous undercover ops: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/stolen-vehicles-recovered-toronto-police-1.7157083 THAT is more along the lines of what police should be doing to deal with car thieves! But they've got to do a LOT more of this to reduce the numbers of vehicles stolen. -- Rhino