When we got back, I looked inside our car and saw that the center console was open (where we had $500 worth of sunglasses). I asked Peter if he had forgotten to close it. He said he must have, but oh well. We noticed also, that the passenger door was unlocked and there were papers from the console on that side on the floor. Upon further investigation, we found that our sunglasses were gone. There was no sign of a break-in really, because older honda civics are really easy to get into.
The Lindon/Orem police were SUPER helpful, not. After the officer finally stopped instead of speeding past us twice and leaving the complex without circling around again to actually try to find us, he didn't even listen to us. I had told him how we had parked our car there for the weekend, and later when we asked him what we could to do to try to get our glasses back, he said, "Well, just look out your window. If you wake up in the middle of the night, look out your window and see if there is anyone suspicious around." Umm, thanks sir, but I'm prettttty sure that I can't see for 50 miles.
So, to all you who think Rose Park is sketch, we haven't had any problems with theft in our 2 1/2 years here, but the one weekend we leave our car in Orem, and we are out our favorite sunglasses!
How I wish every parking lot and street has CCTVs so that unfortunate events like this would be recorded and suspects would get caught. You're still lucky that it was just your sunglasses that got stolen and not the car itself.
ReplyDeleteGuy Cheadle
I agree with Guy here. Most establishments tend to focus on the inside of their premises, whereas some cameras on the perimeter can help them spot people who may be scouting their place for a possible break-in, or on parking lots to identify people trying to steal from or hijack other people’s cars.
ReplyDeleteLonnie
It sucks that the police wasn’t helpful at all, and there weren’t any video cameras that could’ve captured the theft. Although it’s not standard for apartment complexes to have one for their outdoor parking facilities to have video surveillance, it certainly would be a nice perk, especially if the neighborhood watch isn’t all that vigilant.
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