Watch Your
Car Program

The "Watch Your Car" program is a nationally recognized anti-auto theft program.

The “Watch Your Car” program is a two part Anti-Auto theft program.

The first part is a Decal program where reflective Watch Your Car decals are placed on the front and back of the vehicle. The owner of the car, by placing these decals on there vehicle, simply are stating that they typically do not operate their vehicle between the hours of 1:00 am and 5:00 am, and that if the police should see this vehicle on the road during these hour, they may stop the vehicle to determine who is operating the vehicle and that they did not steal the vehicle. These decals also inform a potential thief of this and that it is a federal crime to remove these stickers with out the owners’ permission.
              
   (Front Window Decal)                      (Rear Window Decal)

The second part of the program is V.I.N. etching. This is were the police take the Vehicle Identification Number (which is individual to each vehicle) and acid etch it into all the windows on the motor vehicle. The purpose being that most cars (especially older cars) that are stolen by professional auto thieves are stolen to be broken down into parts for resale such as at chop shops. By acid etching the V.I.N. number into all the glass of the vehicle, the major parts (doors, windows) are worthless to the thief because now the thief also has to replace the glass.
    
(Officer Jesse Drane applying the stencil and Officer Al Gazerro
  applies the acid which will burn the VIN number into the glass) 

Participation in the V.I.N. etching portion of the program will give most vehicle owners a reduction in their comprehensive portion of their auto insurance premium, often times up to 20%.

                  This program funded by the LLEBG