Lock it, lose it anyway.

"police are reminding people that thieves always take a good look first"
What a crock of b.s.! Here is my experience
The druggie losers smash a side window, root through the vehicle looking for the stuff you have concealed, like coins, or anything else that is small enough to stash in the console or the glove box, under the seat etc. At our business, where the vehicles are in a locked compound, the rule is: do not lock the vehicles. The druggies get in without smashing the window, tear off the overhead interior light (why can't they simply turn off the interior light?) then root around.
We do not leave valuables in the vehicles anyway (usually!). It has proven to cost less to fix the interior lights than to have new door windows installed. The deductable on the glass is higher than the repair, so you just pay it, and lose the use of the vehicle for a day or two. The last few times this has happened, we have not even bothered to call the cops, it is a waste of time. Sorry mr./ms. police, I would love to help you compile stats on crime, but it is a waste of my time to call you for petty theft. Hey, the last time I called to report theft, it was far from petty, an expensive machine was stolen and you did not even show up to look at the tire tracks of the vehicle the crooks used, or take finger prints off the pry bars they used to move the machine, and beyond taking my statement over the phone, I never heard from you again, despite several phone calls and emails to you. But thanks for the case number. I can only conclude that the police were much too busy stamping out real crime.
metalman.

Thanks for the tip…are the maggots that you found in the drug house on a promise to appear?

Hey metalman...Maybe next time they may care. We got a new chief constable in town. If you call again, don't mention tasers. They get kinda touchy about that.

Property crime is on the bottom of the RCMP priority list.

Interesting note Metalman. It is pretty close to the truth. Its too bad they have no teeth to really do anything on the crime of theft.

I think it is time for us to take the law into our own hands. If your caught stealing, we chop off one finger. If we catch you lieing we cut half inch of your tongue. If your caught in adultry, we cut your.... off.

The sad reality is that even though cops don't place a huge priority on property crime, most property crime is the result of drug addicts looking for quick easy cash. Honest property owners suffer at the hands of people who just don't give a turkey about anyone except themselves.

I know as a landlord that when my tenants phone me about a break-in, my thoughts are I hope they (tenants) are ok, how much damage is there (to my property and theirs), and boy I would love to catch them just once.

I have installed alarm systems, installed bright exterior lights, removed hedges and guard rails and asked my tenants to be diligent, yet the break-ins still occur.

All I can say is that if I ever catch one of these weasels, he better pray that the RCMP Have a quick response time, cause I might get in a little trouble, but that's the price I'm willing to pay to accidentally push their face into the concrete a couple times. Ooops!

The sad reality is that even though cops don't place a huge priority on property crime, most property crime is the result of drug addicts looking for quick easy cash. Honest property owners suffer at the hands of people who just don't give a turkey about anyone except themselves.

I know as a landlord that when my tenants phone me about a break-in, my thoughts are I hope they (tenants) are ok, how much damage is there (to my property and theirs), and boy I would love to catch them just once.

I have installed alarm systems, installed bright exterior lights, removed hedges and guard rails and asked my tenants to be diligent, yet the break-ins still occur.

All I can say is that if I ever catch one of these weasels, he better pray that the RCMP Have a quick response time, cause I might get in a little trouble, but that's the price I'm willing to pay to accidentally push their face into the concrete a couple times. Ooops!

Metalman, just tell the police you just shot someone and they will show up right away.

yeah but its pretty hard to accidentally shoot someone whereas, after I truss them up and offer them a chair, oops, they trip and bang their face into the driveway.

Who is gonna know the difference and good golly how did that ex lax end up in the coffee I gave them?

I had some equipment stolen once and all I got was a card with a file number. I eventually tracked down my equipment as a friend noticed it on the back of a flat deck trailer parked near the Camalot. I reported everything to the police including pictures and didn't get any follow up on it.

IMO property crime is a wast to report to police and not worth it to insure against either. The best practice is to be diligent yourself taking precautionary measures to insure that loses are easily factored into the cost of doing business. Hidden remote cameras as night security costs as little as $100 and can usually reveal a known suspect.