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First Edition 2 Door Bronco Stolen From Garage! [Video Footage]
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For all that are critical of LE response time, have you ever been a first responder is a smaller town? And on night shift at that? Maybe pull the call log for that night, ever think that the available officers were previously engaged? There are not limitless resources for non life threatening calls. Maybe just take a moment to chill and broaden your reference point.
@tru-north where in Denver was this?
It is tough. Call volume is up, applicants are down, so squads are running short, etc. Vehicle thefts are low priority unless nothing else is going on obviously. Unless it comes in as a hot call, itās probably just going into the que unless somebody is in apparent danger. If you are a cop, my hat is off to you. PD def. does not have it easy right now. PD will get there as soon as they can. In the meantime, just be prepared to protect you and your family. The underbelly of society is on the take, so be vigilant. Iām super conscious of where I park, who is behind me when Iām coming into my neighborhood, always carry when Iām out, and beef up on home security. I feel like Iām a little paranoid sometimes, but what else can you do. Itās not the 80s anymore. All I can say is God help our kidsā¦.
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Had this been reported as a home invasion (which it was as described) the response time would have been much different. Property crimes are a very low priority for all agencies. Blows my mind that they were bold enough to kick in your door in order to get the keys. How did that not wake you?
I could have sworn someone posted a link to a night-latch earlier in this thread. Just wanted to thank them for that idea, just installed one on my garage side door today. I also ordered some latches for the garage door itself.
While I was looking at the door itself, I noticed the previous homeowner got door frame reinforcement plates. The entire door frame is wrapped in steel sheet. Between that and the night latch, hoping I'll be okay, but as the saying goes: can't have $h!t in Detroit.
While I was looking at the door itself, I noticed the previous homeowner got door frame reinforcement plates. The entire door frame is wrapped in steel sheet. Between that and the night latch, hoping I'll be okay, but as the saying goes: can't have $h!t in Detroit.
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I do this to every one of my cars. a quick toggle that's within easy reach but hidden. No one stealing a car is going to suspect that.
Sorry this happened, OP. Not sure what else you could realistically have done to prevent this. Bad things happen. Glad everyone was safe.
So, what are the chances (I know, it's not related except in a WTF kind of way). I work on a dead end road near the highway. This morning a woman pulls in and stops by our dumpster. comes to the building and says she ran out of gas, said it takes diesel, asked to use the bathroom and asked where the nearest gas station is. Fiddled around in the truck for half an hour (asked the guy driving the garbage truck that emptied the dumpster for a ride) and wandered off, hasn't been back since.
Something seemed off about her. Having read this thread, I joked I bet it's stolen. Office manager call the local PD, they asked the color and model...turns out it was stolen from the next town over last night...
Guess I'm glad I didn't leave my keys in my truck (sometimes I do here at work, there's nobody around), I need it to get me until my Bronco can be ordered (and delivered).
OP, glad you got it back, hopefully the damage can be repaired in a way that doesn't cause any future issues (wiring...yuck).
Something seemed off about her. Having read this thread, I joked I bet it's stolen. Office manager call the local PD, they asked the color and model...turns out it was stolen from the next town over last night...
Guess I'm glad I didn't leave my keys in my truck (sometimes I do here at work, there's nobody around), I need it to get me until my Bronco can be ordered (and delivered).
OP, glad you got it back, hopefully the damage can be repaired in a way that doesn't cause any future issues (wiring...yuck).
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AMen...One guy here that's glad you folks are still around and working hard. I've had the chance to ride with and work with our local sheriffs. It always seems the ones that complain the most are the ones that call first.
I'm glad no one was hurt and they got their truck back. I pray that someday folks wake up and see what is happening to the great country.
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I am hiding an AirTag in my Bronco specifically for if it were to get stolen, and if they cut harnesses.
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She could have been casing your place for a robbery later. It's an old gypsy gambit: talk your way in somehow ("I have a problem...") look around see if (and where) valuables are. then the menfolk come later and rip off the place.
That she wanted diesel was, for me, a giveaway. Too irregular. Don't let "needy" people into your premises!
Does anyone have experience with Tesla's PIN to Drive security feature? I think a similar feature built into Ford SYNC could help prevent a lot of situations like this. The thief would need both the physical key fob AND know the unique PIN in order to drive the vehicle. Seems like it would be an easy addition to a future SYNC software update.
We have a redundant system.No we have an alarm and a big German Shepard who is in the dog house on this one. The garage side door and garage door to house did not have a sensor. I did not install the system we moved into the house and I never noticed.
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