Once again, would-be thieves are having a field day across our community.
On Tuesday afternoon, Delta police reported a significant surge in thefts from auto across Delta in a 48-hour span.
Items stolen include everything from loose change, to an iphone, wallet, sunglasses, even a pricing gun.
This is nothing new. I’ve lost count on how many stories I have written over the years with warnings and tips from DPD on never leaving anything in your vehicle and locking them up.
Sadly, this message is still not hitting home.
Now I get it. We all love South Delta because of its small town charm. We feel safe, we have good connections with our neighbours and have a real sense of “community.”
But thieves don’t care about any of this. They see an open car door and items inside and it’s open season.
So if you don’t park your vehicle in a secure garage or carport, lock it up and take everything out. It’s really just that simple.
Put it down
While we are locking it up and leaving it out we can also be putting it down…our cellphones that is.
March is Distracted Driving Month and DPD officers and their partners from ICBC are stepping up enforcement across the community.
According to police, distracted driving, including using an electronic device while operating a vehicle, contributes to approximately 78 deaths a year in B.C., and is responsible for more than 27 per cent of car crash fatalities.
Those numbers are staggering. Numbers like these certainly gives me a moment of pause.
Is that text message or sports app alert really that important? Nope. I don’t want to be responsible for adding to the crash fatality statistics, so let’s all put down our phones and be a part of the solution and not the problem.
