> Just make car theft / break-ins a bad play game-theory wise: a few cars on the street are left with the police ready to pounce. You break in to a bait car, yo

> Just make car theft / break-ins a bad play game-theory wise: a few cars on the street are left with the police ready to pounce. You break in to a bait car, you get 2 years in jail. Or they can just follow the cars that are stolen 'normally' and arrest those people: * https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tps-project-poacher-1.7242403 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tps-project-poacher-1... * https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/arrests-made-in-highly-orchestrated-gta-auto-theft-operation-police-1.6901947 https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/arrests-made-in-highly-orchestrat... * https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-project-volcano-arrest-1.7152299 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-project-volca... And why don't the US or UK do what you suggest, given they similar/worse numbers per the linked article: > While the US, Canada and the UK have all experienced a spike in car thefts since the Covid-19 pandemic, Canada’s rate of thefts (262.5 per 100,000 people) is higher than that of England and Wales (220 per 100,000 people), according to the latest available data from each country. > It is also fairly close to that of the US, which sits at around 300 vehicle thefts per 100,000 people, based on 2022 data.