come on, open up the door. keep the hands visible. but it s the suspect who catches the police by surprise. i was a little taken back on the operator of the vehicle. totally out of the norm. july 28th, 2008. arlington, texas. detective jesse minton of the arlington police department auto and theft unit is alerted that a bait car has been broken into. bait cars rigged with cameras and gps tracking equipment are used by police departments nationwide to catch thieves in an area where it s a problem. we pick a car that looks like cars that are most stolen. and then with those cars, we install the equipment so we can lock the doors remotely. record everything inside with video cameras and microphones. then we deploy them to a place where we have a crime problem or persons stealing cars in the area. we re basically fishing with the
it happened so fast that i don t think there was any reaction at all that would have changed anything. not for the better, i mean, it could have gone worse. for what it was, i was really lucky. a car thief falls right into a police trap when she takes off in a bait car. she decided she was going to take a car that day and picked our. come on, open up the door. keep the hands visible. but it s the suspect who catches the police by surprise. i was a little taken back on the operator of the vehicle. totally out of the norm. july 28th, 2008. arlington, texas. detective jesse minton of the arlington police department auto and theft unit is alerted that a bait car has been broken into. bait cars rigged with cameras and gps tracking equipment are used by police departments nationwide to catch thieves in an area where it s a problem.
keep the hands visible. but it s the suspect who catches the police by surprise. i was a little taken back on the operator of the vehicle. totally out of the norm. july 28th, 2008. arlington, texas. detective jesse minton of the arlington police department auto and theft unit is alerted that a bait car has been broken into. bait cars rigged with cameras and gps tracking equipment are used by police departments nationwide to catch thieves in an area where it s a problem. we pick a car that looks like cars that are most stolen. we lock the doors remotely. record everything inside with video cameras and microphones. then we deploy them to a place where we have a crime problem or
totally out of the norm. july 28th, 2008. arlington, texas. detective jesse minton of the arlington police department auto and theft unit is alerted that a bait car has been broken into. bait cars rigged with cameras and gps tracking equipment are used by police departments nationwide to catch thieves in an area where it s a problem. we pick a car that looks like cars that are most stolen. we lock the doors remotely. record everything inside with video cameras and microphones. then we deploy them to a place where we have a crime problem or persons stealing cars in the area. we re basically fishing with the bait. the bait car, a red chrysler sebring is stolen just down the road from the station. an alert is triggered.
one of the most proact initiative the country. you have to be creative in your approach to law enforcement. the criminal element is so you have to be as well. sheriff doug giless pea is the man in charge. if you continue to go after them the same way you always have, you ll get the same results. one of the biggest problems, car theft. auto theft is a prime example. we were going after auto theft in traditional ways, and then we brought in some nontraditional ways. enter members of a special auto theft unit called the viper squad. lieutenant bobby duval who runs the unit has a warning for car thieves. las vegas is not a place to come and steal cars. it really isn t. his detectives use bait cars that are strategically placed to present an opportunity for potential thieves, all rigged with hidden cameras. i mean, we ve got state of the art bait car program. we have one of the largest fleets in the united states. and we have guys that know how