Index multi car break-in,

[Woodcutter]

Last thursday (26th) most of the cars in the lower lot got broken into somewhere about 11AM. Maybe 7 or 8 cars all with rear windows smashed.

I reckon whoever it was smashed all the windows as the train went through. However, I think they were disturbed before they could rob all the cars. They hadn't gone into my car, and many others also. There was a fella who'd lost his passport & wallet, and he was rightly steamed.

I think I'm gonna park in town & walk next time.

 

[ivan]

"park in town?"

 

save them bitches the drive!

 

sucks. bottom line is parking at index is like playing the (shitty) lottery.

[Woodcutter]

"town',,,you know the place with the store!

 

What nice crackheads they were, they only bust the rear windows to save us all some dough!&^%*(&^%#^%#*)(*()(()()()((*(

[rob]

I wish the crackheads would agree to not bust windows out if we all promise to leave our cars unlocked

[ivan]

reckon you could always roll the windows down for them too?

[rob]

I think I'm just going to have my partners drive.

[Eric K]

In europe I would regularly leave my car unlocked and glove box open so crooks could see there was nothing in my car. I guess I will need to start doing this over here. Or the WCC could hire a parking lot guard, whichever is easier.

 

Eric

[Blake]

For what it's worth, I had all doors unlocked, trunk unlocked, and a visibly empty car. They still smashed in my back window that day.

 

(and took nothing, I don't think they even went inside)

 

Apart from looking out for one another and intentionally striking up conversations with suspicious-looking meth heads (+1 for profiling) I'm not sure there is really a strategy that works here.

[denalidave]

Sounds like a climber community sting/beat down is the only solution. Once a few tweakers get a good ass whoop'n and/or arrested by the local craggers, maybe they will move on to easier targets???

[JasonG]

It's been my experience that you do not want to mess with those who have less to lose than you.

 

It's easy to talk tough, but coming face to face with a tweaker in full tweak is one of the scariest things I've ever seen. I don't envy the police.

 

[ivan]

indeed, fucking w/ tweakers is like fucking w/ black-berry bushes - dangerous and fairly unlikely to result in the damn problem going away anyway

[zub]

Would tweakers be dissuaded by a comprehensive battery of surveillance cameras? They need not be real cameras.

[rob]

Would tweakers be dissuaded by a comprehensive battery of surveillance cameras? They need not be real cameras.

 

I wonder how long it would be before the cameras were stolen? It would be kind of a fun experiment.

[EWolfe]

There's just no getting through to some people...

[obwan]

They probably follow this website like the dude up at Static Point in the Monroe area (and enjoy the publicity), not much helps - even police reports.

Maybe we could hire a pair of guys to stand guard with shotguns, pretending to be backwoods hunters ( notice I said pair - need a witness with camera). The notion of breaking all the windows when the train passes is probably correct - and then go through as many as you can. F---ing Dirt Bags. That sucks.

[kerwinl]

I wonder if parking in town at the school and walking down the tracks would prevent the break ins. I know that there is not enough parking to make this a viable option for everyone, but maybe is a solution for low traffic days.

[Bronco]

I haven't been out to index in a few years but I wonder about thinning (removing?) the vegetation from between the road and parking lot to increase visibility. Anyone know if the state would allow such work to be conducted by volunteers?

[boadman]

There's a pretty big burm between the road and the parking lot, wouldn't really do any good.

[obwan]

Parking at the school has worked for me the last couple times I was there - but you are right parking is limited and it was midweek.