Protecting Your Vehicle

LOCK YOUR VEHICLE, EVEN AT HOME. Car thieves and Burglars have an easy time when they find an unlocked car door. It only takes a few seconds to rifle through your car and steal easily transportable and easily sold items, i.e. sunglasses, compact disks, cassette tapes, briefcases, computers, etc... The thieves just walk along and pull on the door handles, looking for that easy, unlocked vehicle.
You should be in the HABIT of always locking your vehicle.
DON'T LEAVE ITEMS IN YOUR VEHICLE! Take your briefcase, computer, wallet, purse, CD's, keys, anything of value into the house with you every time you get out of the car. The Albany Police Department recommends you not leave any valuables in site in your car while at the mall or any other parking lot.
And ladies DON'T leave your purse in the car while you just run into the cleaners, day care, store or anywhere else. It is just to tempting for a thief to see the purse sitting there. Always carry your purse with you, no matter how short of a time you will be out of the vehicle. Theft from vehicles is a common occurrence, and can be eliminated with simple steps.
And finally, DON'T ever leave you car keys anywhere inside of the vehicle while you are not there.