Police warning over valuables

GONE What people left in cars:

32 x handbags, backpacks, briefcases

25 x sunglasses

9 x iPods

8 x cellphones

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8 x wallets z7 x cash

5 x GPS units

4 x laptops z2 x radar detectors

1 x digital camera

Car owners are not getting the message about crime and are asking for their vehicles to be broken into, New Plymouth police say.

Senior Sergeant Selwyn Wansbrough told the Taranaki Daily News small valuable items such as laptops, GPS units and radar detectors are popular targets for thieves and people needed to use common sense with their belongings.

"Take care, put away valuable items, lock them in your glovebox or boot," he said. "We keep repeating the same message but some people set themselves up to be victims."

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Last year police recorded 517 thefts from vehicles in the New Plymouth area and only 45 of those cases were resolved.

A Taranaki Daily News spot check this week found a high number of motorists are still leaving valuables in plain sight.

Of more than 220 vehicles observed along Devon St and in the Centre City car park, 101 valuable items were left in full view of passers-by.

In most instances, the vehicles either had multiple items visible that would be of interest to thieves or nothing at all.

The most common items were handbags and backpacks (32), sunglasses (25), iPods (9) and cellphones (8).

They were usually located in the centre consol, on the passenger seat, or fixed to the inside of the windscreen. Of the reported thefts from cars in the New Plymouth area in 2009, more than 75 per cent of the incidents involved goods valued at less than $500.

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In May, a New Plymouth man was given a 12-month prison sentence for stealing from 72 cars and properties to fund his drug habit.

z Daniel Lynch is a Witt journalism student

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