Catalytic Converter Thefts

How many cars in The Summit have been hit with catalytic converter (CC) thefts? 

It's pretty hard to know. The HOA doesn't put out any information. The RCSD monthly report is sketchy.  And that's if you can even find it.

Now, CC thefts are not the HOA's problem. They are YOUR problem, if your car gets hit.

But the HOA could do a better job of reporting to home owners where and when these thefts are occurring. Which blocks of which streets? What times of which days?

How long does it take to cut off a CC and flee? How much does the repair cost?

A Seattle friend had a houseguest this past week, and her Prius got clipped. How in the world do you ever get under a Prius to cut off the CC? The car was parked on the street, and they think it happened at 4:00AM. 

Ask the folks in Seattle (or elsewhere), "How's that 'Defund the Police' working for you?"

What can you do to prevent a CC theft?

First of all, get rid of that junk in your garage and park your car(s) inside. Read (and hope the HOA Board doesn't read) the CC&Rs, Art. XII, Section 2(a). "No garage shall be permanently enclosed, nor shall the use thereof otherwise be converted, such that the capacity for parking of vehicles therein is reduced below that for which it was originally designed."

Put some motion lights to shine on your driveway. Rig your car(s) with a motion alarm so that, if it is tampered with in the middle of the night, the alarm will sound. Your neighbors might hate it, but ... 

The monthly RCSD crime report for Region 7 (The Summit) ought to be easy to find on the HOA website. It's not. Why not?

Go to the homepage at www.summithomeowners.com; click on Home. Scroll down and click on Neighborhood News. Scroll down. You'll see a stale report about the March Safety Committee meeting (this is July 25) and, a little further down, a March report by CAT officer, Dep. Roberts (two CAT officers back). 

Where is the Crime Report? From the Homepage, click on Home; then scroll down and click on Public Service Announcements. There you'll see the RCSD Report - for December 2020!!! It's useless so far as seeing what type of thefts occurred from Autos.

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