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 areas where auto theft is a recur being problem. we pick a car that looks like cars that are most stolen. with those cars we take some time and install the equipment so we can lock the doors remotely. kill the engine remotely. record everything inside with video cameras and microphones. then we deploy the cars out to a location where we either have a crime problem or persons are stealing those kind of cars in that area. we re basically fishing with the bait. the bait car, a red chrysler sebring is stolen just down the