We need to start lobbying for harder sentancing not more excuses for bad behaviour. Keep the scum out of Ballard. I am all for a prison here as it will bring more jobs and keep the criminals off the street.

If you don't carry insurance and your car is stolen you will have to use the money that you saved by not having insurance and buy a new car.

If you think we can “take back our neighborhood ” and have zero chance of having your car stolen, you're dreaming.

Lastly , the $250 broken window is EXACTLY why I don't lock my car.

I have a computer camera I could set up hidden with a long network cable. It is motion sensing and should be able to get quality video of someone. I wouldn't want my car windows broken so I would put something desirable on the dash and leave unlocked.

Any suggestions what would be irresistable but disposable bait?

Also, window was $350, not $250.

One big difference: the stuff in your house isn't in plain view for everyone to see and it's much harder to bust a window on a home and quickly grab something of value. Sorry but people need to get a brain, show some initiative and take some *reasonable* precautions. Not leaving valuables in plain view in your car IS a *reasonable* precaution. I suppose you think we should just expect the cops to always be present and looking out for everyone? Oh and we shouldn't have to pay any taxes for that service? You talk about taking back our hoods? OK genius, how exactly are you proposing to do that? Going to start some lynch mobs? Maybe start chasing people with bats because they don't look right for the neighborhood? What's your brilliant solution?

To say nothing of why should the rest of us pay more money to protect the property belonging to people too stupid to protect it themselves? Sorry but I have zero sympathy for anyone dumb enough to leave valuable items in plain sight in your car.

I agree that anyone who has a clearly visible item stolen from their car shouldn't be allowed to waste the time of the police. Sort of like how people who insist on drinking and driving shouldn't have the paramedics called to save them from their own stupidity.

I agree, we need to take back our hood from criminals.

He used a slim-jim to open the car and reached through the pass thru into the trunk and opened it. Took like less than a minute.

I guess my point is why can't the crooks be just a little bit more professional about it and actually get a slim-jim and just break into the damn cars peacefully without breaking a window or prying out a door lock?

That way if we just don't leave anything in the car we're cool, and if they take the whole car well that's what insurance is for.

The cheapest, most effective, and easiest way to prevent car prowls is to quit leaving stuff in your cars. If everyone did this, there would be zero car prowls. Maybe we should pass an ordinance against leaving personal electronics in vehicles. If something gets stolen, you should have to pay a fee for wasting the police's time filing a report for your insurance.

As to where these items are being sold, my money is on e-Bay. e-Bay is an ideal place to fence stolen property and many police departments lack the resources or time to pursue e-Bay cases because they often cross multiple jurisdictions.

Car prowls have always been around Ballard, but I had no idea there was such a rash of them, especially now when the crime seems to be coming to an end. Wow!!