The gardai should be doing this

ondafly

"Its about Canadian police using 'bait cars' to catch criminals stealing cars."


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dcGT

A great idea, if the police force in question are given funding and resources to put into it. I don't the Gardaí could afford though! Also, they say that 30,000 vehicles have been stolen in a population of 2 million (annual figure?). I wonder what the figure would be for Ireland???
Perhaps they could make a few quid by selling some of the footage to TV stations too. Some of it would make for some good entertainment!

DC.

Trev C

That would be a great idea. If they got RTE, TV3, or some production company to buy the car and equipment, and let them show the footage I reckon a good few would tune in aswell. Everyone's a winner except the spanners in the car

fletch

The embarassment alone when caught would be enough to deter most.

Interceptor

The police in the UK have been doing this for some time with modest success - they have to confine it to certain 'hot-spots' in order for it to be effective, but its great watching footage of the scumbags squirming.

'c

Ph3n0m

ENTRAPMENT - A person is 'entrapped' when he is induced or persuaded by law enforcement officers or their agents to commit a crime that he had no previous intent to commit; and the law as a matter of policy forbids conviction in such a case.

So a car thief can hardly call entrapment if they come along and steal a "bait" car

the_syco

Knowing the sumbags, they'll just set it on fire.

Seth Brundle

It is a sting operation.
The lusk post office operation wasn't entrapment but works on the same principles as the bait car (except unfortunatley the car thieves don't get shot!)

KTRIC

I suggest a bait car rigged with explosives. When the scumbag jumps in the doors lock and the car blows up. Everybodies a winner !!!

css

not much use if there's no jail space to house them in is it?

prospect

Get them out on the roads with barrows, shovels and lots of tar, and have them fixing potholes.

Two problems sorted in one swoop!

bazz26

How about a "James Bond" type alarm where about 30000 volts are sent through the car door handles.

Stephen

I remember someone saying before that entrapment isn't illegal under irish law anyway so that argument doesn't matter

They should put a couple of bait cars with mocked up fancy head units in liffey valley car park, they'd catch a heap of shams trying to rob them.

prospect

Stephen wrote:

I remember someone saying before that entrapment isn't illegal under irish law anyway so that argument doesn't matter

But the person who told you may have been lying, BL-Shtting or misinformed!

SouperComputer

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Stephen

Prospect: quite probable

Guy:Incognito

css wrote:

not much use if there's no jail space to house them in is it?

Problem solved:

K-TRIC wrote:

I suggest a bait car rigged with explosives. When the scumbag jumps in the doors lock and the car blows up. Everybodies a winner !!!

weemcd

program called swag on uk channel 5 where they do this to a car, leave the keys in it, the car has been modified so the car will sound a foghorn, lights flash and the car will then completly collapse, ie axles drop off and the car body collapses around the person who then legs it. Better if they locked them in the car and arrested them tho.

SouperComputer

couple of new vids on baitcar.com