Toronto Police have given advice to residents worried about the city’s spiraling auto theft problem – just let thieves steal your car by leaving them the keys.
Yes, really.
Authorities are literally telling people that to stop criminals attacking them inside their home, they should just leave the key fob for the car at the front door.
Toronto Police Service Constable Marco Ricciardi said, “To prevent the possibility of being attacked in your home, leave your [key] fobs at your front door because they’re breaking into your home to steal your car. They don’t want anything else.”
And believe it or not, some people are actually taking the advice.
“Spoken or not, though, some Torontonians have evidently taken the advice to heart,” reports the Drive.
“Like one person who—after having their vehicle broken into three times—opted to leave their car unlocked (along with a big, handwritten note indicating this) so that would-be thieves don’t break the window again.”
Respondents on X expressed their anger at the idiocy.
“This is what an unarmed society looks like,” remarked one.
Hellbound and Down 