Covert Capture Car

One BSIA member's mobile CCTV system is helping to trap car thieves as part of a new Covert Capture Car initiative launched by Avon and Somerset Constabulary in the Bristol area, with the message that the next car that criminals break into could be a police car.

In practice, the Covert Capture Car, which externally looks like any other vehicle, is left in a vehicle crime “hot-spot.” When movement is detected in the vehicle after it has been broken into, the direction, speed and location are determined via GPS satellite. Police units are then advised that the Covert Capture Car has been moved. When officers have sight of the vehicle and deem it safe to be stopped, the doors and windows in the “stolen” vehicle are automatically locked, the engine immobilized and an audio message played informing them that police are on the way.

Throughout the incident, evidence can be gathered by the in-car mobile CCTV system and relayed to the pursuing officers.

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