Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Police encourage everyone to lock vehicles

Increase in vehicle theft, theft of contents largely due to unlocked vehicles

The Moose Jaw Police Service is encouraging citizens
to keep their vehicles locked to help prevent thefts.
Times-Herald photo illustration by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy

An unlocked car is an attractive target for thieves.

In Moose Jaw, since Sept. 1, there have been 21 vehicle thefts and 35 reported thefts of contents. Most of those were from unlocked vehicles.

"There's been a rise. We haven't been able to find that there's any real apparent connection other than the fact that a lot of these vehicles seem to be unlocked and have the keys in them," said Sgt. Rick Johns with the Moose Jaw Police Service.

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