{"id":360977,"date":"2025-11-07T00:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T00:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/360977\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T00:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T00:32:11","slug":"car-theft-crackdown-philly-police-start-together-we-can-prevent-auto-theft-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/360977\/","title":{"rendered":"Car theft crackdown: Philly police start &#8216;Together We Can Prevent Auto Theft&#8217; campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/D5BF9BC1BAA8A1651EEC52021ED3028D.jpg\" alt=\"Car theft crackdown: Inside Philly police's new campaign\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-7a5d4fdb=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\"><strong>PHILADELPHIA<\/strong> &#8211; Philadelphia police are stepping up efforts to combat a recent surge in car thefts across the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Police campaign to prevent car thefts\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Police have launched a campaign called &#8220;Together We Can Prevent Auto Theft&#8221; to educate car owners on how to protect their vehicles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The initiative includes promoting devices like AirTags, steering wheel locks, and Faraday bags to safeguard key fobs from hackers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Lt. Brian Geer of the Major Crimes Unit highlighted the rapidity with which thieves can steal cars, noting that some can do it in under two minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">He emphasized the importance of car owners staying vigilant and using preventative measures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Police say the anti-theft devices can range anywhere from $15 for a Faraday bag to a $75 wheel lock.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">By the numbers:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">So far in 2025, there have been 13,954 car thefts, marking a 3.49% increase over the previous year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">This uptick follows three years of declining numbers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Police efforts in high-theft areas\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Thieves are particularly targeting newer models with push-button starts and remote keyless entry systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore stressed the importance of preventing car thefts, noting, &#8220;The car is one of the most valuable things most people have&#8230;we don\u2019t want to see that stolen and we want to do everything we can to stop this trend.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Philadelphia police recruits will be active in high-theft neighborhoods on Thursday and Friday evenings, distributing brochures with safety tips to residents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">This door-to-door effort aims to raise awareness and encourage preventative actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime &amp; Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/organization\/philadelphia-police-department\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Police Department<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Philadelphia police are stepping up efforts to combat a recent surge in car thefts across the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":360978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,6082,50,12632,1448,2830,1311,14844,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-360977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime-publicsafety","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-organization","12":"tag-pa","13":"tag-pennsylvania","14":"tag-philadelphia","15":"tag-philadelphia-police-department","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115505604291363865","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}