> Police only work _AFTER_ the car has been stolen. They can also take proactive measures, like leaving bait cars and arresting the people who steal those. The

> Police only work _AFTER_ the car has been stolen. They can also take proactive measures, like leaving bait cars and arresting the people who steal those. There was a very amusing television series made out of the footage from this. > When you have somebody actively looking to steal $THING, they will find it and steal it. The goal is to remove these people from the general population. I don’t actually think deterrence works; these people just need to be identified, caught, and incarcerated until they outgrow their antisocial behavior.