San Francisco residents are reportedly leaving their car doors and trunks unlocked or wide open so thieves don’t smash their windows to break in.
“I’m shocked,” said former San Francisco Police Department Deputy Chief Garret Tom, ABC 7 reports. “There’s so much that can go wrong here.”
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Tom said he has never seen things so bad in his 40 years of service on the force.
“We’re in different times … That’s unbelievable,” Tom said. “They could steal your batteries, your tires … They could go into your glove compartment and find out where you live.”
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The trend comes amid rampant car break-ins and “smash-and-grab” retail thefts in the San Francisco area.
“It doesn’t really surprise me,” said Oakland’s Interim Deputy Police Chief Drennon Lindsey, noting thieves in the city are becoming more sophisticated. “Even if you think I’m just going to put my laptop in my trunk … If it’s on, they have technology to detect it in the car … even if it’s hidden.”
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Larceny theft in San Francisco has risen from 24,274 incidents in 2020 to 28,947 incidents in 2021, according to the SFPD.
