Nearly 4,000 catalytic converters stolen in Denver, Boulder since start of 2020
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Data analyzed by Denver7 Investigates shows that nearly 4,000 catalytic converters were stolen off vehicles in Denver and Boulder since the start of 2020, with the most active hotspots being parking lots where people leave their cars for an extended period.
Simple solution, buy a few Honda elements and stake out the location with scoped 300 Weatherby rifles. No worries if you hang them from the top floor like scarecrows!
VEHICLE Thefts in Denver went from 4,883 in 2019 to 10,675 in 2021. In Adams County, stolen vehicles jumped from 3,046 in 2019 to 5,565 in 2021, and Arapahoe County saw a 107% increase in car thefts - from 3,049 in 2019 to 6,306 in 2021.Mar 3, 2022
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It is interesting how the vast majority of Conservatives run cities don't have these issues but the vast number of Liberal run cities do... VAST MAJORITY
Crime happens regardless of who is in office. Joe Biden has nothing to do with state and local laws. I'm neither Republican or Democrat but assuming that criminals will stop committing crimes because of who is in office is wildly naïve at best. RTD and airport parking should have already had cameras and security to help prevent these incidences. Do I agree that criminals should face harsher punishments, yes.
Jokes on them, I already removed mine and have it so it still passes emissions lol
I had a straight pipe installed after my Catayltic Converter was stolen. It cost me about $100 dollars and I won’t have to worry about losing one again.
Simple solution: pass legislation that says only certified auto dealers with a record of where the item came from can sell them to the state only
They won’t do anything. They don’t care!
The car manufacturers are guilty because they mount the expensive catalytic converter under the car without any protective shield, thus encouraging the theft of catalytic converters. We must all unite and sue the car manufacturers, to pay compensation! The car manufacturers should learn to mount protective shields under the catalysts and pipes so that it takes several hours for them to be removed to access the catalysts, then the catalysts will no longer be stolen!
Through the fish and game department nationwide, there will be open kill toe tags sold for catalytic converter theives and the get-away-driver/crew if caught in the act. If Catalytic converter thiefs have guns at the time of the toe tag instalation, a reward will be paid to the legal tag purchaser. Baiting vehicles are permited as long as you call 911 and disclose your location prior to your hunting. Happy Hunting, and Good Luck !!
Just had my Catalytic Converter stolen from the Westminster Park and Ride.
The police all need to be fired. Walmart security could do a better job.
Booooolsieeet! Police usually takes 2hrs or more to show up. By that time, you don't even want to talk to them. Useless!
Hey, electric cars don't have catalytic converters!
Buyers are just as guilty they know they are stolen.
They should not be able to resell them. The legislation needs to pass a law that says you cannot resell these things. You can only sell them to the state if you’re a certified auto dealer.
@@topann97 bro that’s what I’m talking about. Reselling them to be recycled. They don’t recycle them themselves. They resell them to be recycled. Sorry I wasn’t clear.
@@topann97 happened to my work vehicle a few months ago. It was a first for me too.
They need to go after the businesses buying these! That’s what other cities are doing.
I mean you cant even sell aluminum cans or window AC units without identification and registration so how are these guys getting sway with hundreds of converters? 😅😅
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This happened to my car once and it kinda sounded like a hotrod so i embraced it for a little while 🤣🤣🤣
We can thank hickenlooper for passing the new California emission standards for Colorado. Now no one can afford to replace their catalytic converters.
Who buy’s them? Go after them.
Seems like it would be easy to set up a sting!
I wish a thief would. I can’t wait to exercise my rights.
I have 3cameras on my van and I live in it
I can't wait to catch one of these clowns while I'm in my van.
I'll be calling 911 to come pick up the dead meatsuit laying in the parking lot.
COMMON SENSE
"Catalytic converters" contain some "valuable" metals embedded in -
(all metals have values but all do not attract looting)! -
if much more valuable metals are affixed onto the bodywork or engines of your car, then
it attracts the "criminal enterprise", a sort of like putting in some parts of your engine
jewelry made from silver or gold! You think your car will be safe if the stirring wheel is
made of gold? Then avoid doing that kind of silly thing, not to be targeted by the criminal enterprise!
OR maybe the manufacturers want it, they planned that kind of thing to happen - "good for business?!"
They should set up hidden cameras in the parking lot - sting operation
That won’t work. The thieves are often driving stolen cars or have removed the plates. They also wear face masks. I know because I’ve chased two different sets of thieves away from from my car at the Gateway Park n Ride.
Mine was taken last Saturday night. I'm in Aurora, I live in a locked community.
So one of your neighbors took it! 😬
People should contact the person they elected to the RTD board.
Not just converters, AC parts as well. Proper ID on converters that would be required to sell them, but that would mean fighting the auto lobby. Legislators need to do their job and this would stop in its tracks. Thieves are always one step ahead.
Where are the undercover cops walking the street at night? Where the hell are they?
Someone was interrupted trying to steal my boss' last year. They got halfway through and were scared off when someone came up..
I’m a fleet mechanic for a non profit that works with our disabled community-
In 2019 we had 3 catalytic’s stolen, in 2020 we had 8, in 2021 13, so far this year 5-
We reported the first 5-6, with video footage, even close ups of the criminals... no arrests-
The cost in ‘19 for a catalytic was $400-$800 depending on the vehicle, today same vehicles $800-$2000-
Colorado passed standards that doubled+ the cost of a catalytic-
I’ve written to our ‘representatives’ telling them the solution is to clamp down on the purchasing of stolen catalytics by asking for proof of ownership... never heard back-
The 4000 number is much higher, several neighbor businesses around us have continually been hit & they too stopped reporting-
A total repair bill with parts & labor would easily run in the $1500-3000 range, a big hit for working people, yet ignored by our authorities, across the board-
Of course they didn't respond. They really don't care.
That’s what I keep saying. Just pass legislation so that you have to be able to trace this back to the vehicle it was taken from and there has to be a database of vehicles that have had the catalytic converters removed and only the state can buy them and they can only sell them to the state. Problem solves. In the state can capitalize on the money and put it back into the budget. Make some money off of it. Protecting the citizens and giving back to the citizens at the same time. That’s how government is supposed to operate. It never does.
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