Salvage theft

Salvage theft
such as catalytic converters, air conditioning units are off the charts

Det. Jason Prendergast from SE District, his email address is 20106@indygov.org has been the main police officer in the city leading the charge against this problem. I just talked to him on the phone about what could neighborhood people do to help in this fight. And one of the big problems he is running into is that even when the police are able to catch these thieves, the victims choose not to prosecute because they have already been compensated through their insurer. The problem with this is it lets the thieves go to steal again instead of being locked up. It is critical for victims to be willing to prosecute these crimes so that we can get the perpetrators off the street.

Please tell everyone through your neighborhood organizations, how critical it is to follow through even though you may already have gotten paid for the loss.

Thank you,

Laurie Klinger
637-6242