The bait might be a Toyota, Honda or Acura. It looks like any other car, but it's not. It's abandoned in a neighborhood plagued by a rash of car thefts. If and when - usually when - a thief ...

Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. Bait cars are said to be the equivalent of a four-wheeled mousetrap. In case you’ve never heard the expression “bait cars ...

This case from April 2022 involves the same person, who is now the first suspect arrested under the SFPD's new bait car campaign. "We try really hard to catch people doing, you know, these car ...

SFPD to deploy bait cars in crackdown on auto break-ins 03:24 The ongoing plague of automobile break-ins in the city of San Francisco has prompted police to roll out an enforcement operation to ...

But, some good news -- the SFPD says the number of car break-ins is down 5% from the same time last year, and they credit the use of bait cars. The I-Team's Dan Noyes has been looking into the ...

The department shared a video with KOAT of six juveniles stealing a bait car and going for a joyride across the city. On Wednesday, Dec. 27 around 9 p.m., Albuquerque officers are alerted of ...

In 2004, imitating a program developed in Minnesota, the CHP decided to go fishing for thieves with bait cars. Nondescript vehicles are wired with hidden cameras and a VCR, along with a GPS ...

As for how APD decides to place bait cars, Barnard said, “I mean, so generally, I know we’ve talked about Duke City stats before, so we do weekly analysis of where every vehicle is stolen in ...

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Two teenagers have been arrested after stealing a bait car, and then taking a 5-year-old and two other siblings on a joy ride Saturday in northeast Albuquerque.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – More auto theft suspects are behind bars, thanks to a recent Albuquerque Police Department bait car sting.So, just how successful is the over-decade-long bait car program?