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Theft from cars spikes in N. Van RCMP warn the public to lock up valuables after 48% increase ANNE WATSON awatson@nsnews.com
North Vancouver RCMP are warning the public to remove anything of value and lock up their vehicles after a recent spike in thefts from autos.
Police crime analysts report there were 536 thefts from vehicles between Jan. 1 and May 15, an approximate 48 per cent increase over the same time period last year. Supt. Chris Kennedy,
officer in charge of the North Vancouver RCMP, said the majority of these thefts were preventable. Seventy per cent of the targeted vehicles were left unlocked. “If people started locking their vehicles, we could actually eliminate perhaps close to 70 per cent of all these thefts,” said Cpl. Richard De
Jong, spokesman for the North Vancouver RCMP detachment. Items reported stolen included cell phones, wallets, purses, computers, sunglasses, cash and registration papers. West Vancouver Police reported 70 thefts from vehicles over the same time period. Last year during the same time period in West
Vancouver, there were 63 thefts from autos. De Jong said it is difficult to pinpoint why some communities are hit harder than others. “Criminals are transient, they do come from other communities,” although “some of them are from North Van,” he said. Police are recommending the public
be extra vigilant to avoid becoming a target of auto theft by locking car doors, rolling up the windows and removing all items of value from view. To avoid becoming a victim of identity theft, wallets and personal identification, such as passports, driver’s licenses and birth certificates should also never be left in a car.
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Former West Vancouver police chief and one-time solicitor general Kash Heed has a new line of work — offering advice to commercial medicinal marijuana growers. “I’m a security consultant and policy advisor,” said Heed this week about his role in one of the country’s greenest new industries. Heed said he sometimes accompanies marijuana company bosses as they explain their business to local governments and law enforcement officials. But he added he’s choosy about which companies he gets involved with, and has turned down business from operations that were “not a good fit.” Heed said he sees no contradiction between his former career in law enforcement and his current See Heed page 9
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