The Austin Police Department is starting a new public safety campaign today called, “love it…lock it.” Officer John Gabrielson says the hope is people will remove valuable items and make cars less attractive to theft when people go in for the night.
Gabrielson says, by APD’s crime stats shows most of their burglary of vehicle calls were a result of people leaving items in plain sight. He says similar safety campaigns in Florida showed a drop in property crimes.
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