Posted on May 5, 2022
A surge of catalytic converter thefts has Kansas Citians rethinking where they park
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Catalytic converters are built with platinum, palladium and rhodium — metals that have skyrocketed in value in recent years — making the car parts targets for theft.
Thefts of catalytic converters are up four-fold in Kansas City and the problem doesn't seem to be slowing down.
Catalytic converters are anti-pollution devices on the bottom of almost all gas-burning cars. As the value of metals contained in them increases, so do the number of thefts.
"It's almost every day, or at least a few every few days, it's a pretty regular occurrence," said Sergeant Jake Becchina of the Kansas City Police Department.
Thieves can remove a catalytic converter quickly, often in less than two minutes, so thefts can occur in broad daylight.
Thefts of catalytic converters are up four-fold in Kansas City and the problem doesn't seem to be slowing down.
Catalytic converters are anti-pollution devices on the bottom of almost all gas-burning cars. As the value of metals contained in them increases, so do the number of thefts.
"It's almost every day, or at least a few every few days, it's a pretty regular occurrence," said Sergeant Jake Becchina of the Kansas City Police Department.
Thieves can remove a catalytic converter quickly, often in less than two minutes, so thefts can occur in broad daylight.
A surge of catalytic converter thefts has Kansas Citians rethinking where they park
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel roger-that Brother William it's on the news here in Newport News, Va too. Rough times.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT Charlie Lee PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones Sgt (Join to see) 1SG Dan Capri SGT Steve McFarland SrA John Monette SFC Bernard Walko GySgt Jack Wallace SPC Michael Terrell SMSgt Anil Heendeniya CPL Douglas Chrysler SGT Damaso V Santana
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
Thank you for the share and mention brother SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel In Tennessee you have to show your drivers license to sell a converter to a scrapper because the problem got so bad. That slowed down thefts drastically. I think the state might have a data base they are keeping on everyone who sells one.
I also know they track copper sales. My son does metal scrapping and whenever he recycled copper they run his drivers license and they can take up to fourteen days to mail you a check while they run it through a database. An old Wal-mart store here that was for sale found out the entire store had been stripped of copper wiring!
I also know they track copper sales. My son does metal scrapping and whenever he recycled copper they run his drivers license and they can take up to fourteen days to mail you a check while they run it through a database. An old Wal-mart store here that was for sale found out the entire store had been stripped of copper wiring!
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We've had a surge of converters stolen in our area over the past few months, two from behind our shop shipmate PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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