Bait Car
This is fascinating, though probably not new in concept. Except for the online video coverage...
This website is operated by the Integrated Municipal Provincal Auto Crime Team (IMPACT) which is based in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Our team consists of twenty-two specialized police auto theft investigators from seven police forces in the Greater Vancouver Area. The mandate of IMPACT is to develop innovative strategies to reduce auto crime in British Columbia - this website is just one of those strategies. IMPACT is currently operating four major initatives: the Bait Car program, Automated Licence Plate Recognition, the stolen vehicle Enforcement Team and public awareness.A bait car is a vehicle owned by the police and is intended to be stolen. After a bait car is stolen, the location, speed, and direction of travel of the vehicle is monitored by police dispatchers at E-Comm through GPS tracking. Everything that takes place inside the bait car is caught on audio and video. The dispatcher will coordinate a police response and once officers are in position behind the bait car, the engine will be disabled at the click of a mouse button which allows for the quick arrest of the car thieves. "
I wonder though about intention. If the intention of the police is to have the vehicle stolen, can the thief breaf a law by taking it?
1 Comments on "Bait Car":
Hmmmm how is that not entrapment? Because they didn't ask the thief to steal it? I suppose by the official interpretation of the entrapment laws this is the case. They didn't set anyone up by telling them where the car is and suggesting to the person to steal it.
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