If you’re looking for the police to stop car theft in your area and you live in High Point, NC, you might have to wait a little longer---the car thieves there are stealing police cars, making it so the cops have to track down their own rides so they can go looking for yours.
On Nov. 12, a black 2019 Dodge Durango unmarked police vehicle was stolen while it was at the shop for repairs. The theft took place at about 5:18 am when nobody was present.
The thieves also stole three Dodge Challengers from the same shop. According to a local report, two were orange and one as purple. One of the orange cars has the North Carolina license plate JAR-8485. The other two cars weren’t registered for road use.
It took the department until 1:40 p.m. that day to track down the stolen Mopar. They found it in Winston-Salem, but police didn’t tell local journalists if it had been damaged.
Sometimes thieves just take vehicles for some joyriding or to go steal yet other cars. But sometimes they dump a ride after it runs out of gas or is seriously damaged from driving it too hard. Maybe in this case, they finally realized taking a cop car was a dumb move.
This is a great time to emphasize you should be taking extra steps to secure your ride and track it down should it be stolen. Kill switches, alarms, parking in a locked garage and trunk monkeys are all good preventative measures. As for trackers, don’t just rely on the factory GPS system, although turning that on is still wise.
