Vehicle burglary increase in Plantation

City of Plantation has had an increase in vehicle burglaries, since June of 2007,because of Global Positioning Systems (GPS).

A few days ago i wrote an entry on the city of Parkland and their increase in car burglaries. The main reason for the burglaries in Parkland were that the vehicles were left unlock. The city of Plantation sees an increase with a different reason, Global Positioning Systems.

Detective Robert Rettig told the Sun-Sentinel that there were 52 Global Positioning Systems reported stolen, since June, in Plantation. In Fort Lauderdale, detective Kathrine Collins said that there were 109 GPS systems stolen in the past six months.

The Plantation police department is asking for help on raising awareness to the public on the issue. The burlgars are committing the crime, mainly, during midnight hours and in hotel parking lots. According the Sun-Sentinel Plantation, Sunrise and Fort Lauderdale, reported that the Global Positioning Systems have taken over radios and portable compact discs.

Lock your vehicles and do not leave anything in the vehicle that may be visible to others so that we can help stop the increase of burglaries. Finally, police are suggesting to write down the serial number, located in the back of the Global Positioning System unit, so that if it is stolen they can return them, if found at pawnshops.

For the Sun-Sentinel story, http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbgps0926pssep26,0,7641610.story