{"id":1086,"date":"2019-06-01T23:39:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T23:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2019-06-01T23:42:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T23:42:02","slug":"increase-in-theft-and-theft-from-auto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/?p=1086","title":{"rendered":"Increase in theft, and theft from auto"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\">Response from Sgt Mike Spencer from the RCMP on theft from auto:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Hi Ed,<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Thanks for your email.\u00a0 I am aware of the recent spike in the TFA (Theft From Auto) files that have occurred in the Fraser Heights area.\u00a0\u00a0 Over the past 7 days there have been\u00a07 reported incidents &#8211; although\u00a05 of\u00a0those incidents\u00a0happened on the same date.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">I can also tell you the following:<\/div>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li class=\"\">6\u00a0of the\u00a07 incidents were involving vehicles that had been left insecure (not locked).<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">the one\u00a0locked vehicle had TWO windows smashed (particularly\u00a0<em class=\"\">odd that it was two if the motive was to\u00a0simply commit a TFA<\/em>) and the only thing stolen from this vehicle was the garage door opener.<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">of the 6 vehicles left unlocked, 5 of them either had nothing stolen, or loose change (coins) stolen from the car.<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">the 6th vehicle had a power tool stolen from it.<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">video surveillance was obtained from 3 different victims<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">video showed that at least two subjects, who appeared to be male, were walking through these neighbourhoods checking vehicle door handles on the street and in driveways.<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">video showed that whenever the suspect(s) came across a locked vehicle, they peered into the car through the window, and then moved on to the next vehicle \/ driveway.<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">although much of the video was of very high quality, the darkness outside did not allow for\u00a0a clear image of the suspect&#8217;s face, making it virtually impossible to identify him\/her\/them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"\">Although there were 7 reports made to the police,\u00a0my experience tells me that\u00a0there were likely more incidents that mirrored the majority of the above &#8211; no forced entry and little or nothing stolen, which often causes people to not feel the need to report the incident.\u00a0\u00a0 The reality is that\u00a0these suspect(s) likely checked hundreds of cars in a very short period of time &#8211; and the reality is, for the most part, there was very little &#8216;damage&#8217; done given how little success the suspect(s) had &#8211; getting one power tool, some loose change, and possibly a garage door opener for their troubles.\u00a0 Depending on where they originated from (which address), this lack of a big payday will hopefully make them want to take their trade elsewhere.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Our Frontline members (uniformed \/ marked-cars) have stepped up patrols in the Fraser Heights area &#8211; and we are also trying to identify a\/the possible suspect though forensic identification from an item left behind in one of the vehicles that may have the suspect&#8217;s fingerprint on it.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Please remind everyone that BY FAR the best way to rid a neighbourhood of the people who commit these crimes is to make them unsuccessful doing them, which was mostly this past week (by all account.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Based on what the video surveillance showed us, I can say with confidence that anyone who had their vehicle locked and nothing of value visible inside their vehicle did enough to protect themselves from being victimized.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Thanks for reaching out to me Ed.\u00a0 I have CC&#8217;d Sara on this email, as well as Heather Nelson and I encourage you to communicate as much as you can with other Fraser Heights residents to make sure they are aware of the issues, aware of what has worked to protect themselves, and not becoming complacent.\u00a0\u00a0 Furthermore, if you happen to see or hear someone walking around your neighbourhood in a suspicious manner at a suspicious time (4am for example) and are carrying a bag, or something of that nature&#8230; and you feel like it may be related to the recent vehicle break-ins your neighbourhood has experienced &#8211; please don&#8217;t hesitate to contact the Surrey RCMP at the non-emergency number (604-599-0502) to advise this.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IF you happen to see someone\u00a0<strong class=\"\">actively<\/strong>\u00a0breaking into vehicles (or a house, garage, etc) please use 911.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Mike<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Response from Sgt Mike Spencer from the RCMP on theft from auto: Hi Ed, Thanks for your email.\u00a0 I am aware of the recent spike in the TFA (Theft From Auto) files that have occurred in the Fraser Heights area.\u00a0\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/?p=1086\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1086"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1089,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions\/1089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fhca.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}