Unlocked vehicles in public parking lots being used to commit crime- RVIPF
This is according to the Head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), Detective Chief Inspector Kenrick Davis.
“For many years, it had been common practice for persons to park rented cars with the keys left inside them. This practice occurs mainly near our seaports, such as Trellis Bay, Road Town Jetty, West End Jetty, and St Thomas Bay on Virgin Gorda.
“There is an emerging trend where criminals access these vehicles, use them to commit crimes, and then return them to these parking lots,” Mr Davis stated in an RVIPF press release on June 9, 2024.
Mr Davis said quite often legitimate users or owners are oblivious to the use of their vehicles in the commission of crimes.
Theft of license plates on the rise on Tortola
DCI Davis also indicated an upsurge in the theft of licence plates on Tortola.
He said some of these plates are used in the commission of crimes to thwart police investigations.
There have been a few instances where criminals have used mismatched licence plates on get-away vehicles, the RVIPF has stated.
Mr Davis advises that these emerging trends signal the need for residents to adjust their routines and practices to reduce the chance of becoming victims. For instance, residents and businesses should consider arrangements other than leaving keys inside their vehicles.
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12 Responses to “Unlocked vehicles in public parking lots being used to commit crime- RVIPF”
CLANDISTINE OPERATIONS / LIKE DRIVE BYS - MAKING HITS - THE NEXT THING THE POLICE GOT LOOK TO OUT FOR IS FAKE NUMBER PLATES ON SOME OF THOSE RENTALS / I HAVE SAID IT BEFORE , THESE WANNABE GANSTERS ARE GETTING MORE CREATIVE , EVERYTHING NTHAT GOES ON IN THE STATES AND IN ST THOMAS , THEY COPYING IT , AND IF A CRIMINAL IS SEEN IN A RENTIE , AND PEOPLE LOOKING FOR HIM TO TAKE HE OUT , IF THEY IS NOT AWARE THAT HE HAS ALREADY SWITCHED THAT ONE , FOR ANOTHER ONE AS THOSE CRIMINALS NORMALLY DO TO COVER THEIR TRACKS JUST IN CASE OR AS A PRECAUTION / AND IF THEY DO A DRIVE BY ON THAT RENTAL - WHOEVER RENT THAT SAME RENTAL COULD BE KILLED INNOCENTLY JUST BY RENTING A VEHICLE THAT A CRIMINAL WAS SEEN DRIVING EARLIER THAT DAY OR IN THE NIGHT ,.. AND THAT AIN'T NO JOKE , IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE / THESE GUYS ARE PLAYING A DANGEROUS GAME
ANYBODY WHO RENT THAT SAME
RENTAL
One of the primary functions of Police Department is the Prevention of Crime. Your department thens to sit down until crime is committed
It is funny in little BVI the Department have serious issues trying to detect criminals
Move about the Various Villages more frequently rather than sitting back waiting the phone call from the public
Do what is needful to do in regard to this problem and similar ones.