Faced with an uptick in home burglaries, police in Atherton decided to plant traps to snare burglars.
Next time burglars hit a house in Atherton, they may be walking into a trap and a quick trip to jail. Faced with an uptick in residential burglaries, police in the wealthy Northern California town decided this year to try an unusual tactic: the 'Bait House Program.' 'We don't want to do nothing and just let it happen,' said Cmdr. Daniel Larsen of the Atherton Police Department. 'We want to be proactive and deter.
That means that even if home alarm systems fail to notify police of a burglary, the movement of the objects can secretly signal police as well, he said. Police are also using license plate-reading cameras in town in conjunction with the program, he said. Investigators can track the GPS signal and use the cameras and the real-time location of the stolen items to follow the movement of the vehicles to track the burglars and the stolen belongings wherever they go.
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