The operation is called "," and involves staging cars to bait out catalytic converter thieves. If someone attempts to get under the car and take the converter, they will be met with a surprise arrest, police say.
Western Washington has seen a rash of catalytic converter thefts in recent years—an exhaust control device underneath cars, which can be easily sawed off by thieves and sold off for the precious metals inside. The rise in thefts has even prompted nine law enforcement agencies to team up and form a task force to address it.Part of this program
also involves the Everett community. Authorities want car owners to engrave the last eight digits of their vehicle identification number on the catalytic converter, then highlight it with high-temperature paint.Car owners are also encouraged to use anti-theft locking screws on their license plates, and to lock their steering wheel with a vehicle club. Everett PD’s north precinct sells them for $16.
Oh, that's called entrapment! Foxnews really loves crime!
Well don't tell everybody... Do you want to catch them or not?
People who are buying the stolen goods should be locked up. The business shut down. Enough already….
I wouldn’t advertise it