Are police patrolling the downtown core a little more closely after the brazen carjacking recently ?

By Staff

October 23rd, 2024

BURLINGTON, ON

 

The brazen carjacking at the No Frills mall, in broad daylight,  recently had a number of people asking – where were the police?

The police are in their cruisers roaming the city and paying attention to the known hot spots.

Cruiser with police officer plugged into the control Centre that handles the movement of all the police cruisers in the Region.

Late in the afternoon today we spotted a cruiser parked across the street from the Performing Arts Centre with an officer inside wearing an ear plug.

He was there for quite a while then left suddenly, accelerating as he moved into Brant Street.

Keeping a cruiser on standby in the downtown core is good police work.

Those who have suggested Burlington become a “carry” city meaning that people could carry a weapon when they were walking the streets.

Canada has good gun controls laws.  If you want to “carry” – move to Florida.

 

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4 comments to Are police patrolling the downtown core a little more closely after the brazen carjacking recently ?

  • Stephen White

    Hamilton Wentworth Regional Police have restored two person walking patrols in the downtown core and throughout Lloyd D. Jackson Square. Why hasn’t Halton Regional Police Service done the same?

    The heat maps hyperlink showing the location of auto thefts in Halton is mind-boggling. We have a significant problem in this Region. Many of the criminals perpetrating these crimes are coming from other communities because they know there are a number of high-end vehicles and less than vigilant police surveillance. They also know that older residents can mount much in the way of a physical defence:

    https://www.insidehalton.com/news/crime/map-auto-theft-locations-in-oakville-burlington-and-milton-between-april-and-september/article_fe344f10-f221-544d-bc87-1dcd6cd09bd4.html

    Residents should be able to shop, travel and go about their business in comfort without having to continually look over the shoulder or wonder whether the person standing next to them in line will rob and mug them. People should be able to park their car in the driveway without having to take extreme precautions to safeguard their property. If HRPS know where the incidents are occurring then deploy the people, technology and resources to establish a formidable line of deterrence. More action, less p.r.

  • David-1

    My wife drives a Mercedes which has become a problematic car to own of late, not the car itself but the fact that it is popular with thieves, thieves not of the Pink Panther fraternity but uncaring yobs who cause ‘minor injuries’ whatever that is, something that’s not life-threatening to an eighty-year-old woman, how about life-altering? No, I’m afraid the Mercedes has to go, the reasons for this are, having to block it in with my vehicle overnight in the driveway, getting Ring alerts of suspicious cars at 2:00 am cruising slowly up and down the street using some kind of device that beeps, and just this morning she related a story of shopping at the Longos plaza with two men acting very suspiciously in the store she was shopping in; I don’t want to be home invaded for our keys as others have, I don’t want her beaten up for her car, you might say there is a principle at stake here, but what about the guy at the navy club that had his gold jewelry stolen or the woman that had her purse taken at Caroline and Brant the other day, predators prey on the weak, and what’s with the incomplete descriptions of these perpetrators from the police how is that helping the public identify them? Don’t own nice things is the message here.

  • Penny

    There was a time when you would see policemen walking in the downtown core.

    In the nice weather there were policemen on bicycles that were patrolling the area.

    Perhaps it is time to resurrect “foot patrol” downtown?

    • Anne and Dave Marsden

      Many of the communications we receive from down town residents and visitors see personal safety in this area vastly reduced. It is not the only area that needs more attention however when we hear of a senior in another area getting his gold jewellry ripped off him.

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