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Originally Posted by jar_e
To clarify, if a cop was walking down the street, saw a bunch of coke/gun/etc. in plain view in a vehicle, there's definite cause and duty for the police to act in something in plain view. Door unlocked or locked is irrelevant if its in plain view.
Opening up doors and going on fishing trips in a veh, obviously a different issue.
That being said, this is all acting in good faith and essentially a push to make police more efficient and reduce crime. The vast, vast, vast majority of car break and enters are done through unlocked doors and damage to vehicles I'd guesstimate is at around 4-7% in Calgary. A large portion of stolen vehicles are stolen through unlocked doors. So doing this preventative work actually reduces police investigating this work and probably further ahead in the long run time/manpower wise.
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I would love to see stats on this if you have a link. The car theft ones especially as I don't leave anything of value in my car.