If you're dumb enough to not lock your car, then you deserve to have it stolen.
Where do they derive this authority to "check if doors are locked"?
Wow. You have to be kidding me.
What happens when they see a firearm?
An old beer can?
Rolling papers?
I wonder how many cars they "test for security" will smell like pot to the invasive criminal, and if they claim it does, will it lead to a toss of the car without the owner present? This is just scary. Don't touch my stuff, it isn't your job. We need to import some deaf whittlers from Washington so our officers will have something to do to pass the time.
Can I walk into a bank and test their security?
Can I see if a cop car in unlocked? Check and see if they have any shotguns in the front seat? I'll have to confiscate it for "Citizen Safety" and write them a report card with an F rating.
Where do they derive this authority to "check if doors are locked"?
And with this new implementation, I have a funny feeling that car thefts are going to skyrocket.
A badge doesn't give anyone the right to see if my car is unlocked.
I suppose someone might follow behind the officers and checking for F-ratings. Those vehicles ought to make for easy/good targets.
Don't park your care on public property and I am sure they will not check it. But touching cars is not a crime.
While on routine patrol, officers will select a group of parked cars, either in a neighborhood, apartment complex or retail parking lot.
That brings into question, are the cops then going to enter the vehicle and lock the doors of those that fail that portion of the test? I say that portion, because the article states that being unlocked or having items visible are only a few criteria being tested.
They must not have much to do. Guess this is better than picking off folks going 2 mph over the limit.
As a thug, robber and thief, I look forward to the police making my job easier. Now all I have to do is wait for police to leave and for every car with a report card, I can just steal whatever I want out of it. Thanks, fuzz!
That's idiotic. I guess if you're dumb enough to be alive you deserve to be killed to? Or if you're dumb enough to work, you deserve to be fired.If you're dumb enough to not lock your car, then you deserve to have it stolen.