Stolen vehicles now online
Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:25 am
Title: Stolen vehicles now online
As of today, a list of all vehicles stolen in New Zealand in the past six months is available at http://www.police.govt.nz/stolen/vehicles
Deputy Commissioner Mike Bush says the new initiative is free, up-to-date and provides a simple, on the spot way of checking on a vehicle.
The new database was officially launched at a meeting of the Crime Prevention Partnership Forum (CPPF) in Wellington today."
"This has been an initiative that's been developed in partnership with the CPPF, a group that represents a wide range of businesses that want to help Police to prevent crime."
Many of the businesses involved in CPPF will get great benefits from the database, Mr Bush said.
"It will be a resource for security guards, insurance companies, moteliers, scrap metal dealers and community policing patrols.
"It also has obvious benefits for people buying second-hand vehicles, garages that service vehicles and service stations where petrol thefts can regularly be associated with stolen vehicles."
The data-base allows the search via registration plate number, VIN, engine or chassis number. This is run against all outstanding stolen flagged numbers.
A hit will return the make, vehicle type and colour, and when the vehicle was reported stolen.
Users can also generate a list of all outstanding vehicles that have been stolen during the past six months for all of New Zealand or in a single police district or combination of districts.
"Potentially, it gives police many more pairs of eyes out there. People can do their own checking and then report it to Police.
"It's an extra deterrent for offenders because now anyone with a smart phone can run the vehicle through the data-base on the spot, The risk of being caught with a stolen vehicle has just risen considerably."
The data-base will be updated three times a day. Police are hoping that with its introduction rates of vehicle theft will continue to decrease and more stolen vehicles will be recovered.
As of today, a list of all vehicles stolen in New Zealand in the past six months is available at http://www.police.govt.nz/stolen/vehicles
Deputy Commissioner Mike Bush says the new initiative is free, up-to-date and provides a simple, on the spot way of checking on a vehicle.
The new database was officially launched at a meeting of the Crime Prevention Partnership Forum (CPPF) in Wellington today."
"This has been an initiative that's been developed in partnership with the CPPF, a group that represents a wide range of businesses that want to help Police to prevent crime."
Many of the businesses involved in CPPF will get great benefits from the database, Mr Bush said.
"It will be a resource for security guards, insurance companies, moteliers, scrap metal dealers and community policing patrols.
"It also has obvious benefits for people buying second-hand vehicles, garages that service vehicles and service stations where petrol thefts can regularly be associated with stolen vehicles."
The data-base allows the search via registration plate number, VIN, engine or chassis number. This is run against all outstanding stolen flagged numbers.
A hit will return the make, vehicle type and colour, and when the vehicle was reported stolen.
Users can also generate a list of all outstanding vehicles that have been stolen during the past six months for all of New Zealand or in a single police district or combination of districts.
"Potentially, it gives police many more pairs of eyes out there. People can do their own checking and then report it to Police.
"It's an extra deterrent for offenders because now anyone with a smart phone can run the vehicle through the data-base on the spot, The risk of being caught with a stolen vehicle has just risen considerably."
The data-base will be updated three times a day. Police are hoping that with its introduction rates of vehicle theft will continue to decrease and more stolen vehicles will be recovered.
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