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Re:DC police's surprising solution to car robberies by wrycoder on Monday November 20, 2023 @03:42PM (#38354401)
Giving out AirTags is their solution.
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Re:DC police's surprising solution to car robberies by highduc on Monday November 20, 2023 @03:39PM (#38354339)
Trading privacy for safety.
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Re:DC police's surprising solution to car robberies by advisedwang on Monday November 20, 2023 @04:14PM (#38354878)
> The police say they cannot access the tag’s location unless the owner shares it during an investigation
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Re:DC police's surprising solution to car robberies by wenebego on Monday November 20, 2023 @04:15PM (#38354901)
> The police say
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Re:DC police's surprising solution to car robberies by neuralRiot on Monday November 20, 2023 @04:26PM (#38355064)
Not even, the car would be still be stolen. In any case it could help police make their work easier.
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Re:DC police's surprising solution to car robberies by baggy_trough on Monday November 20, 2023 @04:27PM (#38355071)
That ignores incentive effects.
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Re:DC police's surprising solution to car robberies by joenot443 on Monday November 20, 2023 @04:48PM (#38355374)
From my understanding, a lot of the perps are 12-17 and are repeat offenders. Not really sure what the solution is. Free AirTags I guess?

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/12-year-old-faces-judge-for-fata...

https://wjla.com/news/local/2-teens-arrested-after-armed-car...

etc...

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Re:DC police's surprising solution to car robberies by cf100clunk on Monday November 20, 2023 @05:04PM (#38355558)
Would bait cars (as in British Columbia and Minnesota) be a viable option?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait_car

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Re:DC police's surprising solution to car robberies by jrpt on Monday November 20, 2023 @10:45PM (#38358860)
It seems like that would be better.
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Re:DC police's surprising solution to car robberies by cafard on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @10:45AM (#38365204)
DC resident here.

The big problem, judging from the neighborhood listserv, is theft not of but from automobiles: contractors, cleaning crews, lawn crews have their stuff stolen. The police don't seem to focus on this until people in the neighborhood bother their council member.

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