As part of the Hide it, Lock it, or Lose it campaign, the Lacombe Police have launched an initiative meant to raise awareness
and combat a trend involving the theft of license plates.
Car thieves have taken to stealing a license plate off of a vehicle that is similar to the make and colour of vehicle they stole.
“When police check the license plate it doesn’t always come back as being a stolen vehicle,” said Const. Steve Murray.
According to Murray, some bad drivers have been doing the same.
“If someone has a lot of unpaid traffic fines or judgments against them for collisions they’ve been involved in and they don’t satisfy
those judgments — the province
withholds their ability to register
a motor vehicle,” Murray said.
“So now what these drivers will do is steal a valid plate.