Ok, we don’t actually know if they will be Chevrolets, but, according to the story by Kevin O’Neal for the Indianapolis Star, the IMPD is going to deploy some honeypot vehicles donated by Allstate.
Allstate is donating bait cars to one police department in each of their fourteen sales districts, and Indianapolis was selected to get the car in the north central district that includes Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. Along with the remote ignition shutoff and door locks, the bait cars also have GPS tracking equipment and video recorders to nab unwitting thieves.
Sounds good to me. The police catch some thieves. Allstate gets some good PR and, hopefully, pays out less in damages if fewer cars are stolen.
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