Via the Indy Star…

Carjackings continue to increase at a furious pace this year in Marion County despite police efforts since April to crack down on the crime.

During the first six months of this year, 152 carjackings were reported, compared with 62 through the same period last year — a 145 percent increase.

Carjackings briefly leveled off in April, the same month police assigned undercover units to investigate the crime. Police also sought help from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to try to determine whether a gang might be behind the spike.

…

The analysis does show “hot spots” for carjackings in the city. The department declined to release a list of those locations. Lorah said the city’s six police districts have the information, but he said he did not know whether they have taken action on it.

I understand the undercover aspects, but wouldn’t it be helpful if the police informed us where these “hot spots” are?

Read the entire article.

Popularity: 66% [?]

Share This

This entry was posted on Monday, July 30th, 2007 at 2:25 pm and is filed under Crime, Theft. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.