Jeep Theft Prevention?

[The Last Cowboy]

Wish we could say the same for California.

Sadly, the majority of people there voted for that.

Many are moving here to get away from the madness, and the economy there. Then, once here, they complain that there is not this service or that service offered by the government, and that they don’t like the culture.

I live just outside of SA, or what once was outside, anyway. Awhile back, I walked into a restaurant in our once small town, wearing my cowboy hat, and a family seated looked almost afraid, as if I was a stereotypical gun carrier.

This is a more and more common reaction around here as the ranches get turned into subdivisions, the rodeo arenas are abandoned and the backroads turned into highways. All to accommodate, for the most part, people from elsewhere. Many are great folks, and I count some of them among friends. But if there are enough who hate it here, that it makes me wonder why they came. The weather is extreme, the culture outside of urban areas is more different than they probably imagined. I guess it’s just for relatively inexpensive houses and a somewhat lower cost of living.

The one thing you can always count on is change. The same thing happened nearly a century ago when all the “Okies” moved to California.

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[Sandevino]

ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. most theft is either oppertunist or using jailbroken autel scanners to disable the immobiliser. id still rather pay for a window than get my stolen car back, again, have my insurance drop me, again, and have my premiums skyrocket. again...

Damn…. I’ve been fortunate enough to never have one of my vehicles stolen, knock on wood. I have had several vehicles totaled out and my rates did not increase.

 

[VKSheridan]

“If you press charges they will probably press assaulting a minor charges against you two, better let them go.”

Remember when cops were willing to enforce the law instead of offer “legal advice” to dodge doing their job?

In my part of the woods, we don’t talk about our anti-theft devices. We let those willing to risk it learn the caliber.

 

[The Last Cowboy]

Those of you who live close to a sea port, or an international border, will always have to take extra measure. Especially with Rubicon 4 doors. They are prized in 3rd world countries, whose governments don't particularly care where the vehicle came from. Many wind up in Africa, or central Asia.

One of the little things you can do, that will go a long way to prevent your Wrangler from being targeted for theft, is to remove the Rubicon decals from the hood. It's one of the main indicators that thieves are looking for. They aren't Jeep experts, all they know is that when they show up at a port, or the border with a Rubicon, they get paid a lot more.

 

[AskBin]

Damn…. I’ve been fortunate enough to never have one of my vehicles stolen, knock on wood. I have had several vehicles totaled out and my rates did not increase.

sad state when businesses like that kick a kid while their down. im lucky enough to have bounced back. but ill protect my own investments rather than hope some faceless blameless corp take my money for years and then shrug their sholders when im at my lowest.

I hope for everyons sake in this thread all of you get to keep your cars unsplashed and in your posession (unless the 4xe guys want a payout instead of dealing with that pile haha)

 

[2nd 392]

One day early in my LE career, about the crack of dawn, I got a call for a car burglary in progress.

When I got there, and the guy had a pistol pointed at some young thug, who was trying to steel the wheels off his truck.

I cuffed the suspect and told the owner that I had it from there. That was in the 90s. Today, that kid would have ran, even with a gun pointed at him.

And, no, I wouldn’t have even imagined charging the owner for brandishing his firearm. Even if he shot the guy, he would not have been charged.

Here It’s a bit different, we’re supposed to call 911 and wait for the cops to show up which took a while as they continue taking their tools to his dash. Or maybe politely stroll out and ask them to stop and wait for them to show up of course allowing them to run. If they do they are no longer a threat and don’t get them from behind when they do. We caught them in the act and made sure they were down and not going anywhere before calling, … evidently making us the bad guys because we should have known they were under 18.
When someone was in my now wife’s rental when we drove up I grabbed my pistol and ran in, well the responding cop gave me some polite grief and schooled me “you got the pistol After entering and hearing him to apprehended the suspect.”

 

[Terrymo]

Short rant. Making categorical statements about any occupation, or gender, or ethnicity, as a whole rather than on a case by case basis is ignorant.

With that said, just for some levity. This was a practical joke played on a couple of deputies that went horribly awry in 2003 and received national press. A K9 car was also changed to We’ll Bite Your Ass.

 

[The Last Cowboy]

Short rant. Making categorical statements about any occupation, or gender, or ethnicity, as a whole rather than on a case by case basis is ignorant.

With that said, just for some levity. This was a practical joke played on a couple of deputies that went horribly awry in 2003 and received national press. A K9 car was also changed to We’ll Bite Your Ass.

As a career LE officer, just once, I'd like to see a department have a mascot pig, and a handler for it, complete with a K9 vest, in a caged K9 unit and everything. Take it to schools and public events. But, that pig could probably be trained to sniff for drugs as well or better than any dog out there. Take the pig narrative and turn it into PR gold. Even better, make it a doughnut sniffing pig! Kids and the public would love it.

 

[Wbino]

Sadly, the majority of people there voted for that.

Many are moving here to get away from the madness, and the economy there. Then, once here, they complain that there is not this service or that service offered by the government, and that they don’t like the culture.

I live just outside of SA, or what once was outside, anyway. Awhile back, I walked into a restaurant in our once small town, wearing my cowboy hat, and a family seated looked almost afraid, as if I was a stereotypical gun carrier.

This is a more and more common reaction around here as the ranches get turned into subdivisions, the rodeo arenas are abandoned and the backroads turned into highways. All to accommodate, for the most part, people from elsewhere. Many are great folks, and I count some of them among friends. But if there are enough who hate it here, that it makes me wonder why they came. The weather is extreme, the culture outside of urban areas is more different than they probably imagined. I guess it’s just for relatively inexpensive houses and a somewhat lower cost of living.

The one thing you can always count on is change. The same thing happened nearly a century ago when all the “Okies” moved to California.

Top 10 States With The Most Number Of Motor Vehicle Thefts, 2022-2023 (1)

Rank State 2023 2022 Percent change 2022-2023 1 California 208,668 202,685 3% 2 Texas 115,013 105,015 10 3 Florida 46,213 45,973 1 4 Washington 43,160 46,939 -8 5 Illinois 41,528 38,649 7 6 Colorado 34,068 42,237 -19 7 New York 32,715 28,292 16 8 Ohio 31,647 29,913 6 9 Georgia 28,171 26,529 6 10 Missouri 27,279 29,345 -7

 

[Terrymo]

As a career LE officer, just once, I'd like to see a department have a mascot pig, and a handler for it, complete with a K9 vest, in a caged K9 unit and everything. Take it to schools and public events. But, that pig could probably be trained to sniff for drugs as well or better than any dog out there. Take the pig narrative and turn it into PR gold. Even better, make it a doughnut sniffing pig! Kids and the public would love it.

Same career path and I appreciate dark humor in LE and Military being a coping mechanism that may be misunderstood or inappropriate. I think your idea is a good one especially since pigs are supposedly as smart as dogs. I’m sure that’s a seque to another cop joke.

 

[Terrymo]

Top 10 States With The Most Number Of Motor Vehicle Thefts, 2022-2023 (1)

Rank State 2023 2022 Percent change 2022-2023 1 California 208,668 202,685 3% 2 Texas 115,013 105,015 10 3 Florida 46,213 45,973 1 4 Washington 43,160 46,939 -8 5 Illinois 41,528 38,649 7 6 Colorado 34,068 42,237 -19 7 New York 32,715 28,292 16 8 Ohio 31,647 29,913 6 9 Georgia 28,171 26,529 6 10 Missouri 27,279 29,345 -7

Is this per capita because I have also seen this? But as the saying goes, statistics don’t lie, statisticians do.

 

[Wbino]

Is this per capita because I have also seen this? But as the saying goes, statistics don’t lie, statisticians do.

This was the site I grabbed that chart from.

https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-auto-theft

I usually skip these threads as my state is not on the charts.

 

[The Last Cowboy]

Top 10 States With The Most Number Of Motor Vehicle Thefts, 2022-2023 (1)

Rank State 2023 2022 Percent change 2022-2023 1 California 208,668 202,685 3% 2 Texas 115,013 105,015 10 3 Florida 46,213 45,973 1 4 Washington 43,160 46,939 -8 5 Illinois 41,528 38,649 7 6 Colorado 34,068 42,237 -19 7 New York 32,715 28,292 16 8 Ohio 31,647 29,913 6 9 Georgia 28,171 26,529 6 10 Missouri 27,279 29,345 -7

On that list, only Colorado has neither a port and/or international border. St Louis has a massive port on the Mississippi.

 

[GinaC]

Those of you who live close to a sea port, or an international border, will always have to take extra measure. Especially with Rubicon 4 doors. They are prized in 3rd world countries, whose governments don't particularly care where the vehicle came from. Many wind up in Africa, or central Asia.

One of the little things you can do, that will go a long way to prevent your Wrangler from being targeted for theft, is to remove the Rubicon decals from the hood. It's one of the main indicators that thieves are looking for. They aren't Jeep experts, all they know is that when they show up at a port, or the border with a Rubicon, they get paid a lot more.

I live five miles from Canada, and my dealer even said never to take it there. It would be gone in less than a minute.

 

[2nd 392]

Is this per capita because I have also seen this? But as the saying goes, statistics don’t lie, statisticians do.

Does the DC rate include all the commuting Gov. workers cars stolen there that would skew the per capita numbers ?

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