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Don’t be a victim of opportunistic crime
Kimberley RCMP is reminding everyone to lock up their vehicles and valuable items.
“With the warm summer weather comes an increase in the instances of petty property crime. These crimes are often ‘crimes of opportunity’ as thieves simply find valuables that are left in plain view,” said Kimberley RCMP Detachment commander Sgt. Chris Newel.
Items that attract wayward eyes are often keys, cameras, phones, GPS units, CDs or loose change left in unlocked vehicles.
“It can also be bicycles left unlocked in a carport, yard, rear bed of a pickup truck or a vehicle bike rack,” Newel added.
“Very rarely do police receive reports of vehicles being broken into or damaged; these thefts are usually from unlocked vehicles,” he said, adding, “Lock it or lose it!”
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