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    As we were leaving BluCor Monday evening a Lakewood PD officer was patrolling the parking lot. He pulled up as we were putting away our gear and told us of the robbery and cautioned not to leave "valuables" in the car anywhere. Said theft from cars has been on the rise in general.
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    Quote Originally Posted by buffalobo View Post
    As we were leaving BluCor Monday evening a Lakewood PD officer was patrolling the parking lot. He pulled up as we were putting away our gear and told us of the robbery and cautioned not to leave "valuables" in the car anywhere. Said theft from cars has been on the rise in general.
    FYI Lakewood PD is referred to as "Agents" not officers. I've run across some that are pretty defensive about not being addressed properly.

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    The story here isn't that two little miscreants exist, it's the stupidity of the "victim".

    -Leave two guns and knife in unattended car (rocket science attempt #1)
    -Don't lock car (rocket science attempt #2)

    Sorry, not feeling a whole lot of shock/awe on this one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T-Giv View Post
    FYI Lakewood PD is referred to as "Agents" not officers. I've run across some that are pretty defensive about not being addressed properly.
    Yup. And you are probably too young to remember when they didn't wear a traditional police uniform, and instead wore blue blazers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hatidua View Post
    The story here isn't that two little miscreants exist, it's the stupidity of the "victim".

    -Leave two guns and knife in unattended car (rocket science attempt #1)
    -Don't lock car (rocket science attempt #2)

    Sorry, not feeling a whole lot of shock/awe on this one.
    It is a BIG part of the story. Yes the victim screwed the pooch royally, but these worthless little POS's were trolling the lot, flipping door handles. They exhibited malicious intent to commit crime(s).
    Glad the little F'ers were caught, and I hope they are punished accordingly.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Rooskibar03 View Post
    You know it takes an entire new level so stupid to rob cars at a place where most, if not all, of the patrons are armed.
    They're 11 and 13. Sure, they should know better, no question about that. But how many 11 and 13 year old kids have the mental maturity level to NOT make stupid decisions on practically a daily basis? And so what if patrons are armed? This is a trespass to a vehicle...not a robbery. Would you expect one of the patrons to shoot two kids because they're stealing stuff from a car?

    Obviously the kids made some really poor choices. But, leaving guns in your car and not locking it? Imagine the civil suit the gun owner would be facing if he'd left one of the guns loaded and one of the kids shot themselves...or someone else. He made a really serious mistake that could've cost him far more than the loss of two guns and a knife.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HBARleatherneck View Post
    while you should lock your doors, I dont think that should mean that dirtbag pieces of shit should steal your stuff.
    Should, and won't are two very different times.

    Unlocked cars not having stuff stolen from them - Mayberry.
    Unlocked cars having stuff stolen from them - urban USA, 2013.

    I'm as happy as anyone that they got caught (not that it will do squat to deter them from trying again), but I've grown exceedingly weary of hearing about people getting all hot/bothered because someone stole their iphone/backpack/insert-item-of-choice from their unlocked car.

    It's sad that theft is so common but in light of that reality, anyone who nonchalantly leaves valuables in a car, and then has the intellect to leave said car unlocked should not feign surprise when those items go missing. Thieves are sadly to be expected in any American city the size of Denver.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T-Giv View Post
    FYI Lakewood PD is referred to as "Agents" not officers. I've run across some that are pretty defensive about not being addressed properly.
    Not to derail the thread, but I have met numerous newer officers (in the last 10 years) that like being called Officer or don't mind one way or the other.

    The whole story behind the "Agent" thing is actually pretty neat I think. It's just not practical for current policing and communication

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    Unloaded or not, glad we don't have New York laws here or the owner probably would've been arrested.

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    I park there all the time, but always take my gear in with me. Thanks to the original poster for this thread; good to know!

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