Vehicle burglaries

Local police are warn­ing res­i­dents to look out for vehi­cle bur­glar­ies. Vehi­cle bur­glar­ies aren’t just a hol­i­day tra­di­tion for thieves, it’s also a crime of oppor­tu­nity. The crimes are often hid­den by early night­fall or dense fog. The com­bi­na­tion leaves police warn­ing peo­ple to take extra pre­cau­tions this year with their gifts and valu­ables.
In Tulare, there have been 502 vehi­cle bur­glar­ies so far this year. While the city aver­aged a lit­tle more than one vehi­cle bur­glary a day, recently there have been five or six a day. On Wednes­day there were seven, includ­ing three in less than an hour.