If this has happened before, why the hell isn’t there additional security?
I agree. Maybe it's time to set up a sting. Park 50 or so cars equipped with lojack or use bait cars to trap them. Then take them out to where the target practice is going to be and let them have it with the 105mm guns. Okay, maybe they can't do that part, but I can dream can't I?
I can’t speak for the military but my local LEO won’t even show up to take a report for theft from or of a car.
They will take your info over the phone and give you a report number to give your insurance company.
Guy down the road caught the guy in his car while he was doing what ever he needed to do to get away. Called 911 and 8 minutes later the thief pulled out of his drive with the car.. cops, knowing the crime was IN PROGRESS arrived 20 minutes later. He got a very clear photo of the perp with his SLR camera while they where working on the car.
Why didn’t he scare him off? He could see the 45 laying on the dashboard. A Camero is not worth a gun fight.
His car.. well.. most of it.. Turned up 3 weeks later at the impound lot. Even with a photo the cops never found (because they where not looking) for the guy.
property crimes are mainly ignored in my town.
This is the military. Never leave equipment or personel unguarded.
The same thing happened at either Temple or Waco armories several years ago. POV (personally owned vehicles) are not allowed inside the motor pools - which are almost totally empty when annual training is underway. I never figured that out. Leaving all those POVs in unguarded and unfenced lots.