This morning we invited police officers to our home by calling 911. I was in the process of loading my car for a garden club event. i left it unlocked while I went into our house. DH saw a young man get into the driver's seat. DH immediately 1) hit his car panic button which caused lights and horn to go off 2) called 911.
The noise caused the young man to quickly leave my car and sprint off.
I was amazed that two policemen, in separate cars, came to this scene within a few minutes. Police here are understaffed already, and then they were actively policing protests downtown this morning. The helicopter noise has been consant here for 24 hours. I was surprised there are even any police officers assigned to the streets.
They came and chatted with DH, and told him they had already cruised the neighborhood in the direction the perp ran, but no luck in seeing him. It is common here for young men to try open car door handles for the purpose of riffling through the car, often for change. One of the policemen said that the the perp was "probably just looking for some money for coffee, so that he could go down the street to Tim Horton's and drink coffe while studying for his calculus exam.""
HaHaHa! these police guys are droll. As if, calculus. Or even coffee. Made us laugh.