Modesto, CA Tops List of Auto Theft Hot Spots
California is a hot spot for car thieves. In number of vehicle thefts, California was No. 1 in a report just released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Of the top five cities for auto theft, four are in California. Las Vegas (#2 on the NICB list) was the only non-California city to make the […]
Pros Strip Car in Record Time
It took just 6 1/2 minutes to totally disassemble a 1988 Chevy pickup truck into a salable pile of parts. In a demonstration for law enforcement officers, six special agents from the National Insurance Crime Bureau demonstrated the speed with which a skilled team of thieves can break into a vehicle, harvest its parts and […]
OnStar Helps Prevent Auto Theft
New technology is expected to help California police put the brakes on auto theft. Beginning with 2009 models, GM cars and trucks equipped with OnStar technology will have a new feature called Stolen Vehicle Slowdown. When an owner reports their vehicle as stolen, OnStar will send a signal to the vehicle that will alert police […]