The following report is by City News (Excerpts):
Toronto Police are being heavily criticized online for what many consider a shoulder-shrugging approach to the rash of car thefts that continue to plague the Greater Toronto Area.
At an Etobicoke safety meeting last month, Cst. Marco Ricciardi advised residents to leave their key fobs in a faraday pouch in a convenient place for thieves as a way to lessen the risk of violent confrontations.
To prevent the possibility of being attacked in your home, leave your fobs at the front door because they are breaking into your home to steal your car; they don’t want anything else.
A lot of them that they’re arresting have guns on them and they are not toy guns. They are real guns. They’re loaded.
He ominously added.
That advice sparked an angry reaction on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“This is bizarre,” wrote one X user. “Toronto Police advising the public to leave your fobs near the door. They suggest this because invaders are primarily entering homes to steal your cars. Why not hang your keys outside the door? Or better yet, just leave them in the car.”
“This is failed state-level insanity,” another added. “Hey guys do you mind making it easier for people to steal your cars so that they won’t break into your house instead? Thanks.”
Toronto Police were trending on X on Thursday, with thousands of tweets on the topic, most of them expressing anger.
Statistics show car thefts in the GTA spiked by nearly 25 per cent in 2023 over the previous year. Even more distressing, Toronto Police say home invasions and break-and-enters for auto theft rose 400 per cent in 2023.
In a release Wednesday, Toronto Police offered more advice to worried citizens.
An officer at a recent community meeting suggested that people leave the keys to their vehicle in a faraday bag by the front door.
While well meaning, there are also other ways to prevent auto theft motivated home invasions … Police are concerned about an escalation in violence, where all sorts of weapons and firearms are being used to steal vehicles, and that includes during home invasions.
The release states.
Toronto Police suggest the following:
- Park vehicles in garage, if possible
- Ensure your driveway is well lit and keep exterior lights on all night
- Security cameras are an asset
- If possible, install a home security system – activate alarm on STAY when home and AWAY when out
- Consider having a motion detection alarm connected to your cell phone
- Put security film on glass windows and doors
- Have multipoint door locks on your doors
- Keep backyard gates locked and ground windows secured
- Do not post on social media when you will be away on holiday
- Report suspicious vehicles/persons in the neighbourhood to police
York Regional Police have gone as far as handing out door stops to some residents in high-risk areas to prevent front doors from being kicked in by key-seeking crooks.
Unlike Toronto Police, Peel police advise keeping fobs “away from doorways and entrances.”
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
Welcome to the insane asylum up north we call Canada. So, having stripped the nation of any real means of defending themselves with firearms, via a number of restrict gun bans and so much red tape using them is rendered moot (as some Canadian brethren have explained to me) – then the police chief tells the residents, ‘sorry, ay, just put your keys out under the rug and let them steal it, and then let then city and insurance spend more tax dollars to cover the inconvenience, ay.’
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
Isaiah 24:10
I honestly don’t have a great answer for this because Canada’s laws are far too progressive, and any real acts of self defense will cause the ultra-liberal nutjobs in the courts to side with the criminal. Simply put, if you are in this situation, and you are a child of God, peradventure the best advice is to just simply trust the Lord and fervently pray with fasting that he protect you, your family, and your home.
Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
[16] But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. [17] Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy. Psalm 127:1; Psalms 59:16-17
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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will you be doing a report about april 8?
Nehemiah 4:11-17
11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. 12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.
13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
Sad for people in Canada; but here we have the right to have firearms and if we hear someone trying to kick in the front door; well, we have a lovely parting gift for them…
Pray; Lord guide mine eyes that they are true.
I pray Lord let it not happen; I trust in You, safe under Your wings and in Your right hand Amen
As a Canadian, I can say that insurance companies have refused to pay out claims to people who forgot their keys in the car. It’s considered “aiding and abetting”. How is this new “rule” going to benefit car owners who need to make claims of stolen vehicles???
Most people have a job to afford one car, let alone replace it w/out insurance money. Perhaps paying Antifa is a way they’ll have all gas vehicles and autos off the road by “2025”…
That sounds like the dumbest answer to a problem I ever heard, but then, we have to consider the sign of the times is insanity. I will be so glad to be out of this insane asylum. Maybe they are looking forward to people not being able to buy another car, thus those 15 minute cities will pop up. Who knows, but all we know is that the Tribulation will be a foreshadow of hell. Hope to see you all soon.