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Wireless, GPS-Loaded 'Bait Car' Traps Thieves

Posted by timothy on from the they-take-it-back-to-their-nests dept.

captainClassLoader writes: "The Washington Post is reporting that a late-model car, loaded with wireless surveillance gear, a remote kill switch and GPS, is being left (unlocked, presumably) on the streets of the Washington, D.C. metro area as 'bait' for car thieves. This article reports that they've just made their first bust with the vehicle."

4 of 750 comments (clear)

  1. Now I suppose..... by Xistic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    were going to see a mydrid of posts condeming this as entrapment. No one forces these people to commit these crimes. So what have we to fear?

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  2. Re:I wonder.... by rirugrat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...if these cars also have the 50,000 volt car-jacker traps like the one in RoboCop!!!

    Chris

  3. Re:I live in DC.... by dryueh · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Whoah!

    Matter of fact, the +1 bonus was unintentional...karma just got up to 25 and I posted without realizing that the bonus is automatically applied without saying you don't want it applied.

    So calm down. Yikes.

  4. So? by cjpez · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    So you posted at +1. Big whoop. It's more effort to turn it off than it is to leave it turned on. That troll just made it sound like you went to all this trouble to post at +1. Bah. Just ignore 'em.

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