In the past few days, such crimes have been committed at various locations in the district. As reported, unknown persons have stolen tools of various kinds.
The perpetrators often follow a pattern that investigators from the district police authority have already observed in previous series of crimes: The strangers primarily target company cars parked at employees' private addresses - only in the rarest of cases do the strangers target vehicles parked at company premises. What's more, such crimes occur more frequently on certain days: they are more frequent on Mondays and Fridays at night.
How can company cars be protected against this? The Criminal Investigation Department for Prevention and Victim Protection of the Borken District Police Authority has compiled tips and recommendations on how to behave:
If your vehicle is broken into, contact the nearest police station immediately and do not make any changes to or in the vehicle.