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IMPACT Launches Bait Bikes, Bait ATV, Bait Snowmobiles, & Bait Watercraft
IMPACT has launched what could be a first in the world - an organized bait motorcycle, ATV, snowmobile and personal watercraft program. The theft of street and road bikes, dirt bikes, quads (ATVs), snowmobiles and personal watercraft has gone largely unchecked for decades. With the exception of motorcycles, the actual theft numbers for ATVs, snowmobiles and personal watercraft are not tracked. In most cases, these vehicles are not insured and their thefts leave behind countless stories of misery and loss.
For the past few months, IMPACT investigators have been quietly placing bait versions of these specialized vehicles throughout Greater Vancouver from Hope to Horseshoe Bay with the intent of reducing thefts. Bait recreational vehicles may be left in an underground parking lot, in a driveway, in a backyard under a deck, on a trailer, in a truck, in a garage, or at a campsite.
In the case of the video that was released today, we left an ATV on the back of a truck. It had been parked for only 12 hours in Aldergrove before two well-known car thieves stole both the truck and ATV. Both suspects were arrested after they fled from the scene at speeds up to 143 Km/H. For his involvement, the passenger received a one year sentence and the driver received a two year sentence. Both are still in jail today. This video also shows the relationship between auto theft and the danger it poses to the public. Watch as the suspects drive this 4000 pound truck at 138 Km/h through stop signs in the middle of the night with their lights off. Watch how desperate they are to get away. And watch how little they care about other users of the road.
We can't tell you what kind of motorcycles and other vehicles we use in our bait program, but we will tell you that every one of our special bait vehicles has resulted in the arrest of suspects who tried to steal them. For example, in April there was a rash of streetbike thefts in Richmond. We put a bait bike that was the same make and model the thieves were looking for inside an underground parking lot. After the suspects stole it, we followed our bait bike to a house in Burnaby. We then executed a search warrant on the house and recovered our bait bike, plus three other stolen street bikes - one of them was a Ducati worth $30,000. Two men are currently charged with theft and possession of stolen property.
The bottom line is this: If you are planning on stealing a bike, ATV, snowmobile or personal watercraft, you have no idea if it is bait, or not. Bait cars are everywhere, and now so are bait bikes. One last issue. These stolen vehicles have to be going somewhere. Have you ever been offered to buy a bike where the deal was too good to be true? If you have purchased stolen property then you are just as much part of the problem as the person who stole it.
www.baitcar.com
IMPACT has launched what could be a first in the world - an organized bait motorcycle, ATV, snowmobile and personal watercraft program. The theft of street and road bikes, dirt bikes, quads (ATVs), snowmobiles and personal watercraft has gone largely unchecked for decades. With the exception of motorcycles, the actual theft numbers for ATVs, snowmobiles and personal watercraft are not tracked. In most cases, these vehicles are not insured and their thefts leave behind countless stories of misery and loss.
For the past few months, IMPACT investigators have been quietly placing bait versions of these specialized vehicles throughout Greater Vancouver from Hope to Horseshoe Bay with the intent of reducing thefts. Bait recreational vehicles may be left in an underground parking lot, in a driveway, in a backyard under a deck, on a trailer, in a truck, in a garage, or at a campsite.
In the case of the video that was released today, we left an ATV on the back of a truck. It had been parked for only 12 hours in Aldergrove before two well-known car thieves stole both the truck and ATV. Both suspects were arrested after they fled from the scene at speeds up to 143 Km/H. For his involvement, the passenger received a one year sentence and the driver received a two year sentence. Both are still in jail today. This video also shows the relationship between auto theft and the danger it poses to the public. Watch as the suspects drive this 4000 pound truck at 138 Km/h through stop signs in the middle of the night with their lights off. Watch how desperate they are to get away. And watch how little they care about other users of the road.
We can't tell you what kind of motorcycles and other vehicles we use in our bait program, but we will tell you that every one of our special bait vehicles has resulted in the arrest of suspects who tried to steal them. For example, in April there was a rash of streetbike thefts in Richmond. We put a bait bike that was the same make and model the thieves were looking for inside an underground parking lot. After the suspects stole it, we followed our bait bike to a house in Burnaby. We then executed a search warrant on the house and recovered our bait bike, plus three other stolen street bikes - one of them was a Ducati worth $30,000. Two men are currently charged with theft and possession of stolen property.
The bottom line is this: If you are planning on stealing a bike, ATV, snowmobile or personal watercraft, you have no idea if it is bait, or not. Bait cars are everywhere, and now so are bait bikes. One last issue. These stolen vehicles have to be going somewhere. Have you ever been offered to buy a bike where the deal was too good to be true? If you have purchased stolen property then you are just as much part of the problem as the person who stole it.
www.baitcar.com
