08-11-2017, 08:30 PM
Here are a couple of articles on modern technology to catch thieves. It would logically start at the top--Chief of Police showing an interest. Police could do a lottery type thing: Set up monitoring with 80-100 east Hawaii residents who are good candidates: 1) own a commonly stolen car model 2) are building a house with a lot of construction materials lying around (this is one of the best) 3) on vacation for several weeks. (It seems very likely 100s of folks would apply.)
Homeowners and police could split the cost of the trackers and other technology. Prices have really dropped and continue to fall every year. (Or maybe a special appropriation from county or state funds.)
Those 80-100 people would have a desk officer monitoring the computer links full-time (obviously the officer can be doing other things at the same time; much of the process is automated) (In the future you would want to send out a drone ASAP to site of theft to videotape what is happening/and, in the case of a stolen car, follow the driver.)
Sorry to be cynical here, but this is not brain surgery. Go online, Chief, communicate with some other police departments nationwide which are doing this. I sure you will find a department happy to advise on the process.
Given our theft epidemic, if our police cannot get their act together on this in the next year or two, I would call it an outright f---ing dereliction of duty.
Note some of this technology is several years old.
https://www.policeone.com/police-product...n-the-act/
https://mic.com/articles/130229/these-ma....9wYjA9SkA
https://www.gofleet.com/anti-theft-gps-tracker-bikes/
Homeowners and police could split the cost of the trackers and other technology. Prices have really dropped and continue to fall every year. (Or maybe a special appropriation from county or state funds.)
Those 80-100 people would have a desk officer monitoring the computer links full-time (obviously the officer can be doing other things at the same time; much of the process is automated) (In the future you would want to send out a drone ASAP to site of theft to videotape what is happening/and, in the case of a stolen car, follow the driver.)
Sorry to be cynical here, but this is not brain surgery. Go online, Chief, communicate with some other police departments nationwide which are doing this. I sure you will find a department happy to advise on the process.
Given our theft epidemic, if our police cannot get their act together on this in the next year or two, I would call it an outright f---ing dereliction of duty.
Note some of this technology is several years old.
https://www.policeone.com/police-product...n-the-act/
https://mic.com/articles/130229/these-ma....9wYjA9SkA
https://www.gofleet.com/anti-theft-gps-tracker-bikes/