CT police take valuables from unlocked cars to stop break in

I am not sure how I feel about this , it seen to me that police are abusing their power doing this. If people can't remember to lock their own cars that is their tough luck .
 
I'm fine with that, as long as they left notice or call.

It is more like probationary education.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
I am not sure how I feel about this , it seen to me that police are abusing their power doing this. If people can't remember to lock their own cars that is their tough luck .
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Big rule for common sense: Don't leave valuable items in cars that are fully sighted.
 
Foxrac said:
Big rule for common sense: Don't leave valuable items in cars that are fully sighted.
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That is the problem I think a lot of people don't have common sense today. I watched a person lock all the doors to their car and the top was down ! :lol: I love it when people open their curtains wide open to show off their Christmas tree and gifts all wrapped up under it. I heard of people going out to a party or dinner and come home to find all their gifts stolen
and other things.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
That is the problem I think a lot of people don't have common sense today. I watched a person lock all the doors to their car and the top was down ! :lol: I love it when people open their curtains wide open to show off their Christmas tree and gifts all wrapped up under it. I heard of people going out to a party or dinner and come home to find all their gifts stolen
and other things.
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You may have not stuck around long enough. One of my friends has a button on her remote that she can use to raise and lower her convertible top!
 
Jane B. said:
I read the article in the link at the start of this thread. At the end of that article were links to other articles among them this one where it is being called off.

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/...Valuables-Out-of-Unlocked-Cars-340406592.html
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I'm glad that they called it off. It was an impractical and probably unconstitutional action. Police have enough to do without babysitting the property of careless drivers.

There's also the unconstitutional element. That's an unwarranted, no permission given, entry into private property. Maybe they're just trying to protect private property but suppose they find some contraband while retrieving stuff from the car. Unless that contraband specifically was in plain sight, it can't be used in any prosecution. Some people might consider the police action to be a sneaky way to search a car or plant evidence. Not good.

One more issue--liability for the property. Once the police take into their possession another person's belongings, they become responsible for them. What if the car owner accuses the police of stealing a possession that turns up missing?

Yeah, too many problems with this plan. Instead, maybe the police could leave courtesy notices on the cars warning the drivers that their stuff could have been stolen from their unlocked cars.
 
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