This past Saturday morning, i discovered my car had been broken into and vandalized while parked in my underground parkade. It appeared they had gone through the car to find nothing of value inside, and then decided to scratch up the hood. I was pissed, but hey...its not the first time its happened to me. Anyways..what made this experience kinda different was that there were fingerprints all over driver's window. And since i had just washed my car, they were so obvious. So i did what every good citizen should do, and i called the RCMP. The first time i got through to the RCMP and reported the crime, they gave me a file number and said i'll need for insurance purposes. I told them about the fingerprints but they kinda brushed me off at first. FINE! at least i tried! Anyways, they call me back in 5min to say they had just received 6 other reports of vehicles broken into, and they decided to send a car out. In about 1/2 hour two RCMP officers arrived, to meet me and some other residents. Turned out that 12, yes...12 vehicles were broken into in one night. On the scene were Constable G and his rookie partner, Constable K. It was fun watching the two, both took their time examing each car for evidence...and found a screwdriver, a flashlight and some rubber gloves.... When Constable G looked at the prints on my car, they reacted as if they hit jackpot cuz he said the prints were "beautiful", so he got on the phone and called the Ident Team, the RCMP equivalent of CSI for these property crimes. A couple hours later, another female constable arrived with all her gear, dusted the window and lifted some finger and palm prints. They took endless pics of my car, and did all sorts of measurements. It was like CSI....without the crime scene tape, the dead body, and the snappy music. In one hour, any crime could be solved in CSI. In reality, it took 3 hours just to lift prints and gather evidence from my car.
3 May 2005
CSI: Burnaby
This past Saturday morning, i discovered my car had been broken into and vandalized while parked in my underground parkade. It appeared they had gone through the car to find nothing of value inside, and then decided to scratch up the hood. I was pissed, but hey...its not the first time its happened to me. Anyways..what made this experience kinda different was that there were fingerprints all over driver's window. And since i had just washed my car, they were so obvious. So i did what every good citizen should do, and i called the RCMP. The first time i got through to the RCMP and reported the crime, they gave me a file number and said i'll need for insurance purposes. I told them about the fingerprints but they kinda brushed me off at first. FINE! at least i tried! Anyways, they call me back in 5min to say they had just received 6 other reports of vehicles broken into, and they decided to send a car out. In about 1/2 hour two RCMP officers arrived, to meet me and some other residents. Turned out that 12, yes...12 vehicles were broken into in one night. On the scene were Constable G and his rookie partner, Constable K. It was fun watching the two, both took their time examing each car for evidence...and found a screwdriver, a flashlight and some rubber gloves.... When Constable G looked at the prints on my car, they reacted as if they hit jackpot cuz he said the prints were "beautiful", so he got on the phone and called the Ident Team, the RCMP equivalent of CSI for these property crimes. A couple hours later, another female constable arrived with all her gear, dusted the window and lifted some finger and palm prints. They took endless pics of my car, and did all sorts of measurements. It was like CSI....without the crime scene tape, the dead body, and the snappy music. In one hour, any crime could be solved in CSI. In reality, it took 3 hours just to lift prints and gather evidence from my car.
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Did they have to wear bunny suits so as not to contaminate the evidence?
I doubt that Jim Brass would've brushed you off.... Actually he probably would have, since he's in Homicide, and they wouldn't be quite as excited about your keyed up hood....
Good luck with all the insurance paperwork, though!
Wow, that's unfortunate. It's a good thing you have nothing of value worth stealing. What kind of idiot(s) break into cars without putting on latex gloves anyway? Do these people not watch TV?
I always thought that if I were a criminal, I'd be a pretty good one. I think I'd be very careful with things that might get me caught, and I'd spend a lot of time detailing and planting decoys. :)
no bunny suits, nk. But they did take me to the nearest police station to get my finger prints done to "eliminate" me as a suspect.
Kevin, all i have to say is that you'd be the cleanest and neatest thief out there...if you were one, of course. or are you?
in San Fran's Japantown, my friend returned to her car with her boyfriend while the break in was in progress. The guy, with screwdriver in hand, saw them arrive at their car and gave them a WTF do you want kinda look and kept working. They called 911 and told them of a break in in progress and no one came to help. That's the diff between Vancouver and San Francisco police.
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