6.08.2005

bait cars

It's been raining/drizzling for a week straight now and not expected to let up for at least another 10 days (except for just a cloudy day tomorrow supposedly). It's hard not to laugh out loud when you check out the weather forecast http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/CAXX0518_c.html.

Rain all day means more time spent at home. It's kinda nice that we have a newspaper subscription so I can spend the morning pouring over the local news and flyers. One interesting program they've launched here has been really successful. It's called the Bait Car Program. The cops have cars out all over the place - underground garages, parkades (that's parking garage in Canadian), on streets, lanes, etc - with GPS devices , mics, and cameras hidden in them. They just sit out there waiting to get stolen and when they do, you get a recording of the whole ordeal, including conversations that the thieves have with each other (or themselves) about how they're not going to go to jail this time. Often they show the recordings on TV. Once the cars get stolen, they use the GPS to track down the thieves and off they go to jail. It's pretty damn entertaining to watch the recordings of these people frantically prying away at stereos or taking off with the cars. They've even upped the ante by putting out bait cars that are carrying ATVs, motorcycles, and jet skis which make them even hotter. Check out some of the videos here.

1 comment:

Ben said...

I think bait cars are a winning idea. And then they can rip all the really good videos into a "Bait 'Em, Book 'Em" series of DVDs to sell afterwards! So the theives buddies can buy them and inflict continuous ridicule upon their theiving colleagues. A good time for all, really.