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AbsentEmpire t1_j1emcds wrote

Sucks for that Temple student though can't say I'm surprised.

36 cars stolen a day is wild though. This really just highlights the lack of any plate reader technology in the city to go after these. In the future with built-in GPS tracking and remote shutdown commands being integrated in, I can't imagine this will be as much of an issue.

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RAGE_CAKES t1_j1fl1c9 wrote

Years ago, me and my wife went to NYC to reclaim a car that a shitty ex refused to turn over (whole other story). About 10 minutes after we got it out of the impound lot, an unmarked cop car pulled her over, and 4 cops came out with guns drawn. Apparently, the information they got from the plate reader was that the car was impounded, and they thought we had somehow stolen it from the station. Scary af, but we explained the situation. The cops called the impound lot and confirmed and told us that the information just hadn't been updated in the system. Imagine if that system was in place in Philly.

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ell0bo t1_j1fnfy7 wrote

This implies we have a police force that would care about such a thing

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AbsentEmpire t1_j1mf4b7 wrote

If we had such a system here it would certainly help with impounding all the cars with fake plates rolling around.

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ColdJay64 t1_j1f2x5j wrote

Interestingly, Chicago has has license plate readers since 2006 but they are averaging 50+ thefts a day, having doubled since last year.

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Genkiotoko t1_j1fho7n wrote

Per capita that is still lower than Philly's. I think a comparison of the clearance and recovery rates of thefts in the two cities would be helpful here.

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ColdJay64 t1_j1fo75w wrote

Yeah a bit, but with their thefts increasing at a much higher rate I’d expect them to surpass us next year. Chicago also had a higher rate of carjackings per-capita last year, but I have no clue about 2022. I’d like to see the data you mentioned as well.

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