According to this morning’s The Herald, the Everett Police Department reports a spike in car prowls so far this year compared to last year. According to this morning’s article (http://bit.ly/cYLIvM), car prowls have risen 34% over last year, for 170 more car prowls.
Everett PD says that they occur citywide but seem to be concentrated in parking lots. Car prowlers hit easy targets with items such as wallets/purses, iPods, music CD’s, laptops, GPS’s and other valuables in plain sight.
Everett PD believes there are one or more organized groups breaking into six to eight cars each night.
Note: Car prowls typically happen at night in residential areas and can happen any time of the day or night in parking lots such as at a mall or park and ride. The best way to avoid becoming a victim of a car prowl is to remove everything from view in your car or truck. Even items of little value or shopping bags of recent purchases can attract a car prowler to your vehicle.
For more information about protecting your car from a car prowl or car theft go to:
http://sheriff.snoco.org/Documents/JanFeb04.pdf
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