Izup69

We have also locally seen a giant rise in car thefts in the area. 250 reported thefts in 2017 in a city of 150,000 These are also attributed to minors. Do you think this is becoming an epidemic in the US ? What do you think we as peers can do to curb this in minors ?

I live in the Midwest. The city I'm talking about is Davenport, Iowa. The news sites around here are aggressively pushing the issue in the media. The police had put out a notice around 2 months ago that they had seen a huge jump in car thefts and had advised everyone to keep their cars locked at all times.

The few they spoke to were but it seems as if people are still idiots lol. I think there may be a slight increase in people locking them. But I think here in a month or so when the news dies down about it more people will forget to lock them up. Even though its a bigger city sometimes it still feels like "small town USA" I think a lot of people just become complacent and think that this will never happen to them.