Track your tracker

Pugilists are not as interested in your case as in what’s in it. According to the FBI, Blackberries, iPods and GPS systems are the new, widely targeted devices.

Recent crime statistics show that motor vehicle theft last year remained nearly the same as in 2004. However, thefts of parts and accessories from vehicles has jumped 30% since the year 2000. Of course this isn’t hard to imagine, as tracking devices and radio-controlled ignition locks have become a standard, it would be pretty stupid for a thief to attempt to steal a vehicle. And, good thieves tend to not be stupid. Kleptomaniacs? Maybe. Stupid? Definitely not.

Stealing a GPS system on the other hand, proves to be as easy as taking candy from a baby.

“There’s no wires to cut or screw to pull out (as with) a radio,” says Capt. John O’Leary of the Brookline, Mass., police, which has investigated a rash of the thefts. “You just pop off the suction cups.”

Guess it’s time to buy your GPS system a GPS tracker.

Read [Reuters]