Thought I'd Seen It AllA bait car is a vehicle owned by the police and is intended to be stolen.
After a bait car is stolen, the location, speed, and direction of travel of the vehicle is monitored by police dispatchers at E-Comm through GPS tracking. Everything that takes place inside the bait car is caught on audio and video. The dispatcher will coordinate a police response and once officers are in position behind the bait car, the engine will be disabled at the click of a mouse button which allows for the quick arrest of the car thieves.
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Interesting. I would draw a distinction between this and something like a prostitution or drug sting. In operations like those, a deal is made to exchange money for sex or drugs--that's a crime, unless you're a police officer. That is clearly "cops creating crime." In this case, however, it is not a crime to leave your car unlocked with the keys in the ignition.
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