Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 2, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba War wipe free october local expanded Auto theft squad targets joyrides by Bud Robertson staff reporter t t tinn pegs newly expanded Auto theft squad is gearing up to Chase Down More Joyride ers in an Effort to curb a growing prob Winnipeg police crime division Keith Mcca Seffl said the six new of facets have been in place for about a month most of that time spent in of Ai nifty for their new and while its too Early to say How much of a Dent make in the stolen Auto Mccaskill said Hes confident make a big in Manitoba Public insurance agreed to finance a quadrupling of the taking it to eight officers from the Money covers salaries and benefits for six additional police officers and an id six surveillance other equipment and training for the enlarged the Deal is expected to save Mph millions of stolen vehicle claims used to Cost Mph million but in recent years that num Ber has climbed up to million across the with about million paid out in professional car thieves now account for Only 10 per cent of All stolen Lehi thefts by mostly Young have skyrocketed recently and the smaller unit was unable to since there has been a 21 per cent increase in the number of stolen vehicles reported annually throughout from to in in As Many As 600 vehicles Are stolen every Mccaskill noted the percentage of vehicles that end up in so called chop stolen vehicles Are Dis Mantle for their Small com pared to the number of those stolen by Joy riders or by those who take them to commit other Mccaskill is reluctant to discuss which vehicles Are the most popular among fearing the information will Lead to even More in the United the 1994 Honda Accord sex topped the list of cars most Likely to be sup planting the Oldsmobile Cutlass in recent japanese particularly have become favourites of according to reports gathered by acc Iff formation a Chicago consulting com Pany that collects data on claims for the insurance according to a Canadian press car thieves favour mostly for their particularly exterior body which can be used interchangeably on Many of the Large number of hondas on the and the unchanged body style of recent accords a new version win arrive this helped to sustain demand for the what happens in the United states Doest necessarily follow Heffe in Mccaskill most stolen cars including sport Utility Are driven into the ground or vandalised before beef to Macaroni cheese dinner 225 g tree Kri sptes russet potatoes Canada coca cob or sprite potato chips assorted 170 9 700 froot 425 g or Corn 375 g Canada bars or assorted or 21 1 Tomato soup my All purpose flour Robin unbleached or whole 10 pkg White sugar 999 Canada Utility 7 pkg i 99 a Mew us Hefti to unit Pui Jim be a Wuh Thurl 3 8at 1997 ;