Every police department should have a program like this.....Very entertaining!
http://www.baitcar.com/videos/high_speed_escape
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Looks like fun for the COPS
My company does tracking/recovery of stolen vehicles (bit like LoJack).
Have a look here QuikTrak Website
No video though!
We recover about 50 vehicles a year
GAZ
My company does tracking/recovery of stolen vehicles (bit like LoJack).
Have a look here QuikTrak Website
No video though!
We recover about 50 vehicles a year
GAZ
Hey
I call this ENTRAPMENT
I know that they exsist, but have seen similar footage coming from the States, has stink all over it....
I am not a car thief...just don't trust the guys running the show. I understand a theif is a thief, but the "set up" can vary drastically, deppending on pending promotion.
Just to be clear, I have a close friend, that is a Sergent in the local Police force here, and many other contacts in the feild. I pull no punches with them, and I expect them not to either. My veiws are clear.
BC people have and ongoing class action against the "Photo Cop", I donated from the other side of the country. Cash Cow for revenues.
You hate me yet ?
Sometimes it nice to talk Canadian...
Later
Joe
I call this ENTRAPMENT
I know that they exsist, but have seen similar footage coming from the States, has stink all over it....
I am not a car thief...just don't trust the guys running the show. I understand a theif is a thief, but the "set up" can vary drastically, deppending on pending promotion.
Just to be clear, I have a close friend, that is a Sergent in the local Police force here, and many other contacts in the feild. I pull no punches with them, and I expect them not to either. My veiws are clear.
BC people have and ongoing class action against the "Photo Cop", I donated from the other side of the country. Cash Cow for revenues.
You hate me yet ?
Sometimes it nice to talk Canadian...
Later
Joe
Portland unveiled its new bait car not to long ago, and if Im not mistaken, here in the states the supreme court has ruled that it is not entrapment because no one told them to take the car. There has been a large increase in crime in the Portland area due to the meth epidemic here and I they are hoping to catch more thiefs this way, however as it is with the budget crisis, they cant house them anyways, so they will just be realeased.
HIEDI
HIEDI
| QUOTE (morphenspectra @ Jul 9 2005, 07:39 AM) |
| Portland unveiled its new bait car ... they will just be realeased. |
the 'catch and release' philosophy runs deep in the American West ...
How on earth can you call that Entrapment? Stealing cars is illegal.
After seeing some of the videos, I don't understand why the thief can drive so long. 
They need to add a kill switch and rig it so pepper spray shoots out of the steering wheel.
They need to add a kill switch and rig it so pepper spray shoots out of the steering wheel.
no way....then the thiefs would do something crazy stupid like sue the city for assult with pepper spray or something.
Entrapment? Do you think a person like the one in this video deserves to have his "rights" protected? I don't!
http://www.baitcar.com/videos/oncoming
He is a meth addict and was high when he stole this truck. He was stealing 3 or 4 cars every day and selling them to one of the organised car theft rings for export to various countrys. He had 123 criminal convictions over the last six years. He was driving the truck in excess of 100 mph on city streets, so the police did not kill the engine for fear of him injuring someone. He was sentenced to 4 years. Not enough IMHO.
The Vancouver area had the highest auto theft rate in the english speaking world before the bait car program and something had to be done.
Remember your car could be stolen too. Would you call it entrapment if you set up a video to protect your car? I think not!
http://www.baitcar.com/videos/oncoming
He is a meth addict and was high when he stole this truck. He was stealing 3 or 4 cars every day and selling them to one of the organised car theft rings for export to various countrys. He had 123 criminal convictions over the last six years. He was driving the truck in excess of 100 mph on city streets, so the police did not kill the engine for fear of him injuring someone. He was sentenced to 4 years. Not enough IMHO.
The Vancouver area had the highest auto theft rate in the english speaking world before the bait car program and something had to be done.
Remember your car could be stolen too. Would you call it entrapment if you set up a video to protect your car? I think not!
Hey
Like I said a theif is a thief.
My problem being with the people in charge of the bust.
I have seen news footage of a bait car, dropped off by a dumb blond in BMW A, with a cell phone, calling and picked up by another dumb blond, BMW B. Leaving BMW A parked, so far so good...they did it in the poorest part of Detroit, and left the keys in it...15 seconds before someone was caught....14 year old boy.
Put this to test in a middle class area, or a shopping center, its fair game.
Just IMHO
Later
Joe
Like I said a theif is a thief.
My problem being with the people in charge of the bust.
I have seen news footage of a bait car, dropped off by a dumb blond in BMW A, with a cell phone, calling and picked up by another dumb blond, BMW B. Leaving BMW A parked, so far so good...they did it in the poorest part of Detroit, and left the keys in it...15 seconds before someone was caught....14 year old boy.
Put this to test in a middle class area, or a shopping center, its fair game.
Just IMHO
Later
Joe
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