There is nothing worthwhile in my glove box

[sgrizzle]

To the persons with nothing better to do than dig through the trash in my glovebox or snag some pennies from my ashtray, I have nothing you want. Please go home and get a life.

I'm about ready to move somewhere safe, like 1st and Denver.

/end rant

P.S. Shouldn't the police answer when you call the non-emergency line?

[RecycleMichael]

I keep a pair of gloves in mine. I believe in following rules.

[TUalum0982]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

To the persons with nothing better to do than dig through the trash in my glovebox or snag some pennies from my ashtray, I have nothing you want. Please go home and get a life.

I'm about ready to move somewhere safe, like 1st and Denver.

/end rant

P.S. Shouldn't the police answer when you call the non-emergency line?

you would think they would.  Maybe because they know its a "non-emergency" they won't answer in hopes that you call 911?

[AngieB]

When I had a convertible and left the top down for any length of time, the glovebox and center console invariably got pilfered. And heaven forbid you should lock the glovebox...that's when it would be pried open. But don't dare LOCK a convertible, because that is an invitation to get your top slashed.

Now that I have a hard top, I keep the car locked and no problems.

People suck.

[we vs us]

Well.  Sounds like you've had annoying morning already.  

And it being Good Friday and all!

[tulsacyclist]

Sometimes I have a gun in mine, but usually only if I'm in the car. Otherwise it's on my person. If it's left there when I'm not in the car (like going into an constitutionally unfriendly building) it is always locked.

I dislike glovebox diggers.

[TURobY]

I work in near 41st and I-44, and had someone smash out my window just to go through my center console, glovebox, and my box of crap in the backseat. Oddly enough they left everything, including my checkbook (with all the checks) and my cash (a $10 'emergency' bill).

I was scratching my head for weeks...

[cannon_fodder]

Someone pried into my trunk and stole my guitar case one time.  Dumb jerks, the guitar was sitting in plain site on my back seat at the time.  Annoying, but worth the $35 to show what an idiot that guy was.

Better still, when I lived in a *really* bad area someone threw a rock through my car window at about 5:30am and tried to take my room mates golf clubs (guy golfed for the University, so these meant something to him more than a set of cheap sticks).  Hearing the crash (about 10 feet from my head really) I looked out and saw him reaching in my back seat (dumb to leave them in plain view, I know... but we got back from "golfing" and may have played the 19th - 25th holes), I shouted at my room mate that someone was stealing his clubs.  Who proceeded to jump off the couch in his boxers and fly out the door (yes, he slept on the couch, this was in a super ghetto trailer park.  5:30am or noon, it was so well lit it didn't matter - lit in all senses of the word).  

I was getting pants on, when I finally got outside my room mate was taking off down the street.  The thief was maybe 15 feet ahead of him, trying to carry the clubs while running and one or two shook our of the bag.  My room mate grabbed an iron from the ground and flung it at the guy in a seething fit of rage - which ending up tripping him movie style (I'm standing on our deck about 25 yards behind, deciding if I should chase or what the propper course of action was).  The guy goes down, golf clubs everywhere, face plant.  Gets up and runs off holding his nose - leaving the clubs scatters around the bag.

So there is my room mate, bracketed by a street light - half naked, hair all wild looking (the way too much gel morning after look), standing in the middle of the road with a golf club in his hand watching some bleeding probably neighbor run down the middle of the street.  In front of him is a mess of clubs, a small blood splatter, and what looked to be the bottom half of a front tooth.

That was awesome.  Though, I was somewhat fearful that the guy would come back some sort of retaliation.  He never did, but I didn't get back to sleep either.  What a jerk.

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[tulsacyclist]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

Someone pried into my trunk and stole my guitar case one time.  Dumb jerks, the guitar was sitting in plain site on my back seat at the time.  Annoying, but worth the $35 to show what an idiot that guy was.

Better still, when I lived in a *really* bad area someone threw a rock through my car window at about 5:30am and tried to take my room mates golf clubs (guy golfed for the University, so these meant something to him more than a set of cheap sticks).  Hearing the crash (about 10 feet from my head really) I looked out and saw him reaching in my back seat (dumb to leave them in plain view, I know... but we got back from "golfing" and may have played the 19th - 25th holes), I shouted at my room mate that someone was stealing his clubs.  Who proceeded to jump off the couch in his boxers and fly out the door (yes, he slept on the couch, this was in a super ghetto trailer park.  5:30am or noon, it was so well lit it didn't matter - lit in all senses of the word).  

I was getting pants on, when I finally got outside my room mate was taking off down the street.  The thief was maybe 15 feet ahead of him, trying to carry the clubs while running and one or two shook our of the bag.  My room mate grabbed an iron from the ground and flung it at the guy in a seething fit of rage - which ending up tripping him movie style (I'm standing on our deck about 25 yards behind, deciding if I should chase or what the propper course of action was).  The guy goes down, golf clubs everywhere, face plant.  Gets up and runs off holding his nose - leaving the clubs scatters around the bag.

So there is my room mate, bracketed by a street light - half naked, hair all wild looking (the way too much gel morning after look), standing in the middle of the road with a golf club in his hand watching some bleeding probably neighbor run down the middle of the street.  In front of him is a mess of clubs, a small blood splatter, and what looked to be the bottom half of a front tooth.

That was awesome.  Though, I was somewhat fearful that the guy would come back some sort of retaliation.  He never did, but I didn't get back to sleep either.  What a jerk.

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Great story - thanks for sharing.

[Gaspar]

We have the occasional kid stealing radar detectors out of unlocked cars, and some prankish vandalism in our neighborhood.  Nothing big.

One of the things that we've done is get to know some of the police officers that live in and around the neighborhood.  My wife has their cell phone #s.  

We use those numbers instead of 911 for minor stuff, and BAM!  They are there in minutes with sirens blaring!  Funny how a cop will scream across town from 1st and Detroit to 81st and Harvard when someone in his neighborhood hollers.

I wish our police were given beats or zones.  It seems like it would make more sense to have police with a vested interest in the community that they serve.  They do it in other cities, and have for hundreds of years.  I'm not really sure how they are scheduled now, but it seems like they cover a different areas all the time.

I can call a neighbor cop and because he knows the neighbors and who should and should not be slinking around our neighborhood, he is far more efficient at getting to the bottom of a burglary or vandalism problem than the guy that comes out takes a report and then disappears.

If we had a beat system or some form of police zoning where officers were active in the communities, I think we would have a more effective system.  I also think that the police should get out of their cars and walk around a bit, or ride a bike or go door to door a couple time a week and just introduce themselves.  

[Ed W]

Late in the evening after an all-day pub crawl, I had finally had enough and could drink no more.  Yes, I was much younger and tons more foolish.  It was a winter night in Pennsylvania and the temperature was well below freezing.  Rather than drive home, I went out to the car, crawled onto the back seat, and pulled a full bag of laundry over me to stay warm.  Fortunately, it was clean laundry.  I went to sleep.

Sometime later, I woke up as the passenger door opened.  A guy was rifling through the glove box using the dome light to see, when suddenly the bag of laundry sat up and said, "Hiya buddy!"

He should have entered the Olympics.  That guy could really run!

[sgrizzle]

A coworker of mine performed in a lot of bowling tournament, and was just recently on the outs with his (now ex) wife. Because of this his entire life was in his Jeep cherokee. While bowling at riverlanes, his window was smashed and his laptop stolen. They left the laptop bag, which was fortunate for him, because it contained every dime he had, about $6,500 in cash.

[Conan71]

Prolly cursing myself by saying anything, but I've been fortunate regarding crime.  I had a '68 El Camino for my first car.  That was last year of dash-mount ignition switches (easy to hot-wire) in GM products.  Someone tried to steal it one night in '82 or so.  A blast out of a .410 shotgun into the night air brought that crime to a halt.  FAIK, that's the last time a stranger has been in a vehicle or domicile of mine.

Here's a great deterent to glove box thieves- squirt some Vaseline into a condom and put it in a plastic bag.  Put one in your glovebox and another in your console, if you have one.  One glance or feel of that and people will flee.

[TUalum0982]

quote:Originally posted by Gaspar

We have the occasional kid stealing radar detectors out of unlocked cars, and some prankish vandalism in our neighborhood.  Nothing big.

One of the things that we've done is get to know some of the police officers that live in and around the neighborhood.  My wife has their cell phone #s.  

We use those numbers instead of 911 for minor stuff, and BAM!  They are there in minutes with sirens blaring!  Funny how a cop will scream across town from 1st and Detroit to 81st and Harvard when someone in his neighborhood hollers.

I wish our police were given beats or zones.  It seems like it would make more sense to have police with a vested interest in the community that they serve.  They do it in other cities, and have for hundreds of years.  I'm not really sure how they are scheduled now, but it seems like they cover a different areas all the time.

I can call a neighbor cop and because he knows the neighbors and who should and should not be slinking around our neighborhood, he is far more efficient at getting to the bottom of a burglary or vandalism problem than the guy that comes out takes a report and then disappears.

If we had a beat system or some form of police zoning where officers were active in the communities, I think we would have a more effective system.  I also think that the police should get out of their cars and walk around a bit, or ride a bike or go door to door a couple time a week and just introduce themselves.  

not trying to get off topic here but in response to your post, each division (UDE, UDSW and UDN) all have different squads (adam, baker, charlie squad, and so forth and so on).  Each person in that squad has their own beat.  It might not look like it when you just see cops driving around but they have certain blocks and areas that is their area.  So if a call comes in for their area, they are generally assigned to that call.  If they are not available, the next person in their squad gets it.  You should go do a ride-a-long with TPD and see how it works.  You would be amazed at how much these officers know just by driving by a certain person, car, or house.  They can tell you who lives there, if they have been in prison, how long they have been in prison, how long they have been out, what crimes they have comitted and the sentence they recieved.  

In a way they already do what you have mentioned above.  They have "informants" (snitches to be honest) who have been in trouble in the past who they will go around and talk to on a daily or nightly basis and find out whats new in the neighborhood or apt complex.  If you need some names of officers whom you would like to ride with, let me know I can give you some great ones.

[brunoflipper]

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