There were 26 individual autos targeted in that area, some on the same day and the same block, others within one minute of another.
"The workload out here on the officers in the beat cars is just tremendous. They're literally bouncing from one call to another call. Not that much time for proactive policing, not as much as they'd like," said Eugene Roy, former CPD chief of detectives.Authorities revealed the vehicles were locked and unattended and thieves accessed them by breaking the driver or passenger side windows before taking possession.
The Chicago police Bureau of Detectives is currently in charge of this investigation. Roy sees the possibility of an organized crew behind this rash of thefts. "First thing is, individuals have to take responsibility for their particular car," he said. "I'm not blaming the auto theft side on the owners, but there's things they can do. They can make sure that the cars are positioned in a place where they're under a streetlight, where that streetlight is going to have a bit of a deterrent effect.
In the alert Chicago police detectives explain that owners of high-theft Kias and Hyundais may obtain anti-theft steering wheel locks from local police CAPS offices. City residents can also be reimbursed for the cost of GPS tracking devices by registering with the city and have traceable markings etched onto catalytic converters that have become theft magnets.
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