Nada Alkhayyat had her Jeep stolen right out of her driveway in Barrhaven.
The Ottawa suburb is a 'target-rich environment' for car thieves partly due to its location, police say.Nada Alkhayyat's Jeep was stolen from her driveway in Barrhaven last summer. Her Ring camera failed to capture the theft. Nada Alkhayyat woke up one Sunday morning back in August to some suspicious charges on her credit card, but little did she know that was just the start of her worries.
, and say security cameras aren't an effective deterrent because the signal jammers thieves use to steal the vehicles can also halt the video recordings. "I think that it's largely due to proximity to the highway and the getaway to Montreal, which is where the vast majority of these vehicles go, and also because it's a target-rich environment," Belanger said.
CBC spoke to several homeowners in Barrhaven who are taking action by installing steering wheel locks and tracking devices on their vehicles. Brian Erwin, an insurance broker at McDougall Insurance in Ottawa, says some insurers are asking clients with high-risk vehicles to install a tracking system or pay a $500 annual premium.
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