The bait might be a Toyota, Honda or Acura. It looks like any other car, but it's not. It's abandoned in a neighborhood plagued by a rash of car thefts. If and when - usually when - a thief ...

Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. Bait cars are said to be the equivalent of a four-wheeled mousetrap. In case you’ve never heard the expression “bait cars ...

DuBois had read about a police department program that uses bait cars rigged with audio and video recording equipment and engines that can be shut off with the push of a remote button to nab thieves.

In 2004, imitating a program developed in Minnesota, the CHP decided to go fishing for thieves with bait cars. Nondescript vehicles are wired with hidden cameras and a VCR, along with a GPS ...

This case from April 2022 involves the same person, who is now the first suspect arrested under the SFPD's new bait car campaign. "We try really hard to catch people doing, you know, these car ...

But, some good news -- the SFPD says the number of car break-ins is down 5% from the same time last year, and they credit the use of bait cars. The I-Team's Dan Noyes has been looking into the ...

SFPD to deploy bait cars in crackdown on auto break-ins 03:24 The ongoing plague of automobile break-ins in the city of San Francisco has prompted police to roll out an enforcement operation to ...

BUT FIRST, ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARRESTING TWO TEENS THIS WEEKEND AFTER POLICE SAY THEY STOLE A POLICE BAIT CAR. OFFICERS SAY THEY ALSO HAD TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WITH THEM. THE THEFT IS LINKED TO AN ...

His car burglary victims are not pleased that 27-year-old Robert Sonza is being released Friday - time served, after 11 months in jail. Sonza has a record of car break-ins, running from police ...

The department shared a video with KOAT of six juveniles stealing a bait car and going for a joyride across the city. On Wednesday, Dec. 27 around 9 p.m., Albuquerque officers are alerted of ...