What's being done to stop catalytic converter thefts?

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  • Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
  • KHOU 11 Reporter Melissa Correa shows how Pasadena police are going undercover to stop the thefts.

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  • @MattyTheConstitutionalist
    @MattyTheConstitutionalist 2 года назад +36

    If you find some random person under your car. Give them high speed lead therapy, that will cure the issue.

    • @jodyguilbeaux8225
      @jodyguilbeaux8225 2 года назад +1

      9/6= a 9mm and they are 6 feet under.

    • @LIONTAMER3D
      @LIONTAMER3D 2 года назад

      they always have overwatch

    • @mikeamiller420
      @mikeamiller420 2 года назад +4

      Unfortunately we'd be the ones to get thrown in prison

    • @SacramentoNativ3
      @SacramentoNativ3 2 года назад

      Got to jail over a bum?

    • @mikeamiller420
      @mikeamiller420 2 года назад

      @@SacramentoNativ3 I mean I think we should be able to protect our property and it's a shame we can't

  • @TEAM6USA
    @TEAM6USA 2 года назад +22

    Everything is free to grab. From Pharmacies, jewelry stores, all the way to your car parts. The problem won't solve until you REALLY PUNISH crime. It used to work really well in the past.

  • @supertec2023
    @supertec2023 2 года назад +11

    Can we make all catalytic converter thieves and the people that buy these stolen converters when caught subject to medical experimentation and forced organ donations for restitution?

    • @Widebody20
      @Widebody20 2 года назад

      Great post it will work.

  • @Mj-hl9dl
    @Mj-hl9dl 2 года назад +6

    My son in law AT Baybrook Mall while thier in The Mall The THIEVES where Doing thier dirty Deeds...JUDGES need
    To Give them A Automated YEAR in Jail..
    Because it cost $$$$$$....when PEOPLE are barley getting by..

    • @dark12ain
      @dark12ain 2 года назад +1

      That last part ohwee

    • @markgoostree6334
      @markgoostree6334 2 года назад

      Take EVERYTHING the thief and his family has to make restitution to the victim. Make them pay for the damage... that should be first... then some good jail time.

  • @monikasturm2575
    @monikasturm2575 2 года назад +21

    It's not going to stop the criminals from buying them but hopefully the ban on the sell comes with an extremely stiff punishment.

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  • @shinlanten
    @shinlanten 2 года назад +6

    *_"What's being done to stop catalytic converter thefts?"_*
    As long as the price/demand for those metals remain high then nothing will really stop converter thefts.

  • @hkk3656
    @hkk3656 2 года назад +23

    They should pass a federal law regarding all scrap dealers, nationwide, from purchasing more then one and requiring ID. They are stealing them from one state, where this law is in effect, then selling a large quality in another state. Example: Oregon has this law in effect. Thieves bring them into Washington state where no law exists yet.

    • @tomr3422
      @tomr3422 2 года назад +1

      If states would do it atleast it would cut down on the proffits, as hauling the several states away isnt cheap.

    • @shauncry1917
      @shauncry1917 2 года назад +1

      It will make the prices higher sparking a underground system. It's not the converter that matters it's the precious metals and anyone can refine them at home with some effort. So then at that point you have to shut down the metal market... Yea it's unstoppable

    • @waterloo123100
      @waterloo123100 2 года назад

      Or just stop requiring cats on cars

    • @poohbuttlilboy4316
      @poohbuttlilboy4316 2 года назад +1

      Won’t stop anything. Restrictions makes them more valuable

    • @supertec2023
      @supertec2023 2 года назад

      I also say since these guys are tampered where the emissions devices they should throw the clean Air act after these mfers and nail with everything you can to put them in prison for as long as you can I'm okay with life for this stuff because it's two out of hand they used to do it for a guy with an ounce of weed hell these guys got hundreds of thousand dollars worth of cats

  • @sv2697
    @sv2697 2 года назад +2

    California, they just gonna let the crook out in a hour to do it again, again and again.

  • @kaharold
    @kaharold 2 года назад +7

    Wow, NOW They Taking This Serious, Something Should of been done

    • @__shifty
      @__shifty 2 года назад +3

      a city councilman's business was hit so NOW its an issue. usually how these things go

    • @kaharold
      @kaharold 2 года назад +1

      @@__shifty Exactly, People only care When They are affected by Something..

  • @marysizemore191
    @marysizemore191 2 года назад +3

    Mine was stolen June 2020 now I'm ready for it to happen again because when it does boy oh boy that person is in for it. I will protect my property at all cost I'm loaded and ready. My car is a Honda Accord.

  • @philr9465
    @philr9465 2 года назад +4

    I pray that these thieves recieve every punishment that anyone whom aids them recieve Righteous Judgement everything that they strive for they will lose. What an insignificant thing to give your soul.for. no thief will enter in to the Kingdom of ABBA Father whom .doesn't Repent and make.admends. give them.over to a Reprobate mind. Amien.

  • @billywilliams4183
    @billywilliams4183 2 года назад +3

    The thieves are trying to Hustle up lawyer money because they are they are out on bonds or on the run.

  • @Crazy-Horse-Tx.
    @Crazy-Horse-Tx. 2 года назад +6

    Thank you Pasadena PD.

  • @PunisherFord
    @PunisherFord 2 года назад +2

    DONT SPEND 1000's of dollars at a mechanic!!!! You can buy an aftermarket for 100-200$, then spend 100$ to weld it on. Somone stole my cat from my prius an I had it welded on an replaced for 250! NOT 1000$!!! ITS SUCH A BIG CRIME BECAUSE MECHANICS OVERCHARGE EVERYONE

    • @waterloo123100
      @waterloo123100 2 года назад

      You clearly don’t know what it’s like to wrench for a living

  • @osu33089
    @osu33089 2 года назад +3

    They will just take them to their chemist friend who will melt them down and separate the precious metals .

  • @joeldriver3971
    @joeldriver3971 2 года назад +5

    It's one thing to steal from large corporations like Wal-Mart, Home Depot, etc. but when thieves are committing property crimes that can cost everyday people out there thousands of dollars it's a whole different ballgame. These scumbags are the lowest form of life. People need their cars to provide for themselves and their families so this kind of crime really is an attack on our livelihoods and should be considered a deadly threat. There needs to be a law passed nationwide to allow anybody armed to open fire on these assholes. Really getting sick of these criminals.

    • @ckelly9747
      @ckelly9747 2 года назад +1

      Yes. New U.S. Order. "See something-Do something-Fire something". Don't become the target. Every thief/robber until otherwise determined is considered an armed cambatant and will kill you. Police/Attorneys know this but flip the script if you slip... Perps are 100% hostile, armed & threaten all peace and order of society. Same as a terrorists. Handle situation by the book 📖. The head of the serpent(sss)🐍 can be severed.

  • @sharonsaylors2912
    @sharonsaylors2912 2 года назад +2

    I have a friend who set a boobie trap. Lol dam they will get a big shock if they try his car!!

  • @peternorth5176
    @peternorth5176 2 года назад +2

    Penalty should be automatically 20+ year in prison if they get caught. This should prevent thieves from stealing again. I would say

  • @tiztiz5839
    @tiztiz5839 2 года назад +1

    mi car has gotten the cat stolen twice in 8 months and i stopped them last time a week ago fro the third time, cops don"t care here in Minneapolis they are intentionally let in get worse in retaliation for people calling them on their corruption and abuse they are letting crime escalade so people cry back for help , i have offered my car and a converter i rigged up with a tracking device but they don't care at all.

  • @genesisg7022
    @genesisg7022 2 года назад +1

    The S.O.B stole the catalytic converter off my wife's Hyundai Tucson SUV.
    Three thousand dollars to replace.

  • @mechanic1955.
    @mechanic1955. 2 года назад +2

    Drop a few cars on them it will make them think twice.

  • @Metaphysicalgrace86
    @Metaphysicalgrace86 2 года назад +1

    Absolutely nothing
    They think putting engravings on them will help. Lmao 🤣

    • @IliyaOsnovikov
      @IliyaOsnovikov Год назад

      Idiots. Thiefs can always cut catalytic converter apart and get precious metals out.

  • @houstongoner
    @houstongoner 2 года назад +5

    Police love stings why haven't they done this sooner. It is so easy just park a lifted tundra in a parking lot and wait a few hours. I got mine stolen off my Sequoia in a Costco parking lot. I was only there for 30mins. Every person I know that has a tundra has gotten hit except one. They even hit my coworkers 1999 ford f-150 but the crooks seem to like the tundras/sequoias the most. This is one sting that is a wonderful idea. It will have 100% public approval.

    • @JoseSanchez-ko8gr
      @JoseSanchez-ko8gr 2 года назад

      Stings are like DUI check points , have to let public know where they are

    • @Cjbld
      @Cjbld 2 года назад +1

      @@JoseSanchez-ko8gr nahhhh dum-e. Not at all. Ones on the road trying to catch bad people the other is a setup that will catch bad people.

    • @JoseSanchez-ko8gr
      @JoseSanchez-ko8gr 2 года назад

      @@Cjbld all police are on the road catching bad guys , DUI check point wait for you to come to them , dumeeeee lol

    • @vu7419
      @vu7419 2 года назад

      Tundras have 4 converters

    • @av4143
      @av4143 2 года назад

      possibly because tundras converters are more expensive

  • @biz20072008
    @biz20072008 2 года назад +2

    This world is going to shit

  • @ChuckMarceloDube
    @ChuckMarceloDube Год назад +1

    Make thefts an EPA felony punishable by 25 years in prison and close down the chop shops.

  • @eddiel2531
    @eddiel2531 2 года назад +1

    "Police are going undercover"
    You're not supposed to tip them off, BIG DUMMY

  • @mentorhoxha5835
    @mentorhoxha5835 2 года назад +1

    Vote Red Republicans to STOP criminals!!!

  • @tonyhuerta2738
    @tonyhuerta2738 2 года назад +1

    Give automatic 10yrs sentence rico charges federal law

  • @biz20072008
    @biz20072008 2 года назад +1

    would it be a crime to put a harmful to the touch substance on your cat? just food for thought

  • @JFLO-tj9gp
    @JFLO-tj9gp 2 года назад +3

    All these punks that can not get a real job!

    • @VeronicaHerrera-tj7wv
      @VeronicaHerrera-tj7wv 2 года назад +1

      Lazy they just think its easier to lay under a car.

    • @JFLO-tj9gp
      @JFLO-tj9gp 2 года назад

      @@VeronicaHerrera-tj7wv those punks hope they never let me catch them going under my car. It’s going to be a world of hurt for them

  • @JoeJoe-wp1vv
    @JoeJoe-wp1vv 2 года назад +4

    Cops: "They're stealing converters from the other cars.. "
    Sergeant: "Leave them alone, they haven't messed with the " bait vehicle".
    Cop: "But serg, they have taken 10 already! "
    Serg: "Leave them, once they get the bait car, we'll nab them."
    Cop: "They're gone."

  • @jerryfrederick6610
    @jerryfrederick6610 2 года назад +2

    I thought it was a federal crime to tamper with a catalytic converter.
    If I do it to my own car it is but, some thief doesn't that makes no sense.

    • @realtalk37851
      @realtalk37851 2 года назад

      Its been the law but they taking the guts out which is worth money

  • @george6096
    @george6096 2 года назад +1

    Ok great work only took you 2 years to come up with this plan ??

  • @JoseSanchez-ko8gr
    @JoseSanchez-ko8gr 2 года назад +2

    1980s to 2022 and they haven't thought of using newer materials for converters ? Sounds like they are decades behind yet want self driving vehicle

    • @sv2697
      @sv2697 2 года назад

      U act like material science is easy.

    • @tomr3422
      @tomr3422 2 года назад +1

      you havent figured out anything in 22 years? Its always easier to complain then actually do something

  • @oscardelahoya5934
    @oscardelahoya5934 2 года назад +1

    My car has guns that come out of the trunk be careful trying to steal my catalytic converter 😂

  • @loshel7512
    @loshel7512 2 года назад +1

    Maybe it's a way to get free covers to protect the catalytic converters if the citizen's are still paying for a vehicle to start with. Use the collected monies from all the crimes. It's just tooooo ridiculous 🙄 to have to live life this way. It's just my opinion.

  • @loshel7512
    @loshel7512 2 года назад +1

    So I am assuming the new model cars will be protected 🤔 from auto theft for such an expensive part of a hard working citizen for what we need to survive. A typical day. Ummmm

    • @dark12ain
      @dark12ain 2 года назад

      Car companies probably gonna charge us more for that

  • @turbofroggy
    @turbofroggy 2 года назад +1

    It's a great time to drive a Tesla.

  • @1411MEDIA
    @1411MEDIA 2 года назад +2

    If you lower your car they won’t steal them 😊

    • @VeronicaHerrera-tj7wv
      @VeronicaHerrera-tj7wv 2 года назад

      😆 I should lower my 2004 honda crv. Mines got hit to last year. Im not passing smog right now. So hopefully on May 27th the smog shop finds the issue and my 500 voucher will cover the repairs. Praying 🙏

    • @tomr3422
      @tomr3422 2 года назад

      they have jacks.

  • @TheMoneyjuan
    @TheMoneyjuan 2 года назад +1

    Anything Toyota! Seems like a good market. Getting me a sawzaw Ricky Bobby!

    • @Tyshkevich
      @Tyshkevich 2 года назад

      Well not really, its anything thats easy to get to.
      If they don't have to jack up your car that's half the work already done for them.

  • @hollywoodjoe3259
    @hollywoodjoe3259 2 года назад

    They should punish the parents for poor raising skills also.impound their vehicles to b sold at auction to help the hard working people they stole from in the first place..bunch of low life families probably collecting welfare also.

    • @realtalk37851
      @realtalk37851 2 года назад

      Dumbass comment. Go back to bed 🤡

  • @UncleFjester
    @UncleFjester 2 года назад

    *This guy is so over dramatic, he belongs on MSNBC*

  • @hmongxas1642
    @hmongxas1642 2 года назад

    All is a show. There theft are under cover. I once saw a sheriff working with a criminal. No crime, these sheriff will be out of a job. They got to have someone doing it to cause havoc... It's politic, to pass law s.... It's all a show...

  • @umeng2002
    @umeng2002 2 года назад +1

    "Why does this ingot have the same metal make up of a catalytic converter?"

  • @0374-x7c
    @0374-x7c 2 года назад

    Im tired of all this discrimination against gang scrappers chasing the bag. Stay woke or stay broke bozos. You snooze you lose

  • @derekcruz7576
    @derekcruz7576 2 года назад

    Thieves are doing you a favor by adding 20-25% fuel mileage to your vehicle not to mention the new sport sound everybody loves.

  • @peterortega716
    @peterortega716 2 года назад

    If a catalytic converter thief faces you with the saw 🪚 can you shoot them? Asking for a friend.
    Thanks.

  • @DanielGarcia-zz9eg
    @DanielGarcia-zz9eg 2 года назад

    hey, I just replaced my old cat, where can I take mine to get paid big time.
    my parts are legal 😊
    I'm hoping to get big money for it

  • @ronsmith7739
    @ronsmith7739 2 года назад

    So what's going on?!?!?!?! Most Cat Converters can be sold for a couple hundred dollars at an car parts store .

  • @uknowme9078
    @uknowme9078 2 года назад +1

    Well now just separate the converter and sell the honey comb

    • @anthonyeames4678
      @anthonyeames4678 2 года назад +3

      Just caved a dudes face in trying to steal my neighbors. He's handcuffed to a hospital bed now lol. I put a gps tracker in the cuff of mine. Won't be long before this all comes to an end.

  • @SAMEone567
    @SAMEone567 2 года назад +1

    Best thing they can do is cancel all smog tests are run them without cats for a while

  • @VeronicaHerrera-tj7wv
    @VeronicaHerrera-tj7wv 2 года назад +1

    Haahaha whose laughing now. Eat the bait thieves. 👍

  • @reddstool1023
    @reddstool1023 2 года назад +3

    Always good to see Mel

  • @scotchbudmeister9018
    @scotchbudmeister9018 2 года назад

    People buying them from crooks are also crooks.

  • @armandopena559
    @armandopena559 2 года назад +1

    Why would yah snitch on yah self and tell them/crooks what the police has in mind to do…

  • @monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050
    @monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050 2 года назад

    Great! Now they will be stealing mufflers.

  • @dr.edwardvedder1992
    @dr.edwardvedder1992 2 года назад

    after a huge lunch, Melissa Correa is learning about stuff

  • @theamerican7080
    @theamerican7080 2 года назад

    Scrap dealers are TOTALLY in on the deal.

  • @racerx3205
    @racerx3205 2 года назад

    I just got robbed in Dallas this is such a problem

  • @derekcruz7576
    @derekcruz7576 2 года назад

    proud to say no cat life make Houston smoggy again

  • @lifewithme1187
    @lifewithme1187 2 года назад

    They need to ban junk yard from buying them

  • @johnmal801
    @johnmal801 2 года назад

    Double tap and repeat if necessary.

  • @edwardhill7045
    @edwardhill7045 2 года назад

    They take police reports and go home

  • @BurtBartlow
    @BurtBartlow 2 года назад +1

    answer---nothing.

  • @bostongorge3507
    @bostongorge3507 2 года назад

    Not a dam thing people must protect these thugs at all cost

  • @llllllllllllllll3139
    @llllllllllllllll3139 2 года назад

    Bad spot to do that red bluff is full of cop dummys

  • @sirleroyale4412
    @sirleroyale4412 2 года назад

    SO WHY DON’T YOU EXPOSE AND SHOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE?

  • @rodneyakjohnson451
    @rodneyakjohnson451 2 года назад

    Easy start busting scrap yards

  • @rolandmoreno3526
    @rolandmoreno3526 2 года назад

    They will do it in Mexico

  • @Scrambler85
    @Scrambler85 2 года назад

    Thieves have no reason to live 🤬

  • @MrJavii702
    @MrJavii702 2 года назад +1

    In short: nothing

  • @riddledtomcat1360
    @riddledtomcat1360 2 года назад

    The answer is nothing

  • @mikeas2764
    @mikeas2764 2 года назад

    Crazy people must stop this . All the vehicle parts buyer must stop buying .Illegal.

  • @sylviamontalvo6511
    @sylviamontalvo6511 2 года назад

    You shouldn't be saying about going undercover because they might not show up unless they aren't from here.

  • @loshel7512
    @loshel7512 2 года назад

    Where there's a will there's a WAY!!!

  • @jc23jc65
    @jc23jc65 Год назад

    NOTHING

  • @tctwg1
    @tctwg1 2 года назад

    Nothing

  • @jaimecenteno1747
    @jaimecenteno1747 2 года назад

    There's nothing they can do so catching them in the act is the only way but also there's hundreds doing it also so good luck I sold my converter and saved me a headache

  • @konglee2339
    @konglee2339 2 года назад

    Just got mine stolen a few days ago and need 2400 to get a new one. I'm planning to put traps around my car and hope to catch one of them near by and it's going to hurt a lot.

  • @markveillette2382
    @markveillette2382 2 года назад

    The only thing you can do is catch them in the act and take care of it yourself because the police and courts will do nothing.

  • @eddiesandoval2540
    @eddiesandoval2540 2 года назад

    Find out who is buying them. Follow it to the source.

  • @theamerican7080
    @theamerican7080 2 года назад +2

    Here's a thought: Stop installing these stupid things on cars.

  • @donnajo2610
    @donnajo2610 2 года назад +2

    WHY DO ANYONE ESPECIALLY GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES EXPRESS WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO TO CATCH CRIME? SAME WITH THE PRESIDENT? JUST DO THE SHIT, THEN HAVE IT ON THE NEWS???? WHY GIVE THE CRIMINALS HEADS UP? 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

    • @ckelly9747
      @ckelly9747 2 года назад

      It's like advertising we are going to invade country X over and over and over. Then it's too late because they deployed countermeasures. Damn true military tactician would solve this shit, not smoking glass mayors, police chiefs. Give rats 🧀 Infiltrate then neutralize from within...🔥🔥🔥🔥dummy converters laced with OC spray or ink dye.. Kabooom...Git some mf. Culprits observed found with dye. Arrest.....Arrest...Next targets 🎯 🎯 🎯

  • @edlyli7166
    @edlyli7166 2 года назад

    It's the buyers fault

  • @manuelborja101
    @manuelborja101 2 года назад

    Every catalytic converter has a serial number, so you can start each purchase, it must be with a receipt and identification from the seller to the buyer.

    • @IliyaOsnovikov
      @IliyaOsnovikov Год назад

      Thiefs can cut catalytic converter apart and get precious metals out.

  • @weldonparmley8147
    @weldonparmley8147 2 года назад

    suspicious customer ?

  • @monkeysvs.snakes4336
    @monkeysvs.snakes4336 2 года назад

    arrest the buyers. paint your converter.

    • @IliyaOsnovikov
      @IliyaOsnovikov Год назад

      Thiefs can cut catalytic converter apart and get precious metals out.

  • @gemini9555
    @gemini9555 2 года назад

    Put a gps on them for tracking 🤔

    • @vu7419
      @vu7419 2 года назад

      It would probably melt

  • @messenjah
    @messenjah 2 года назад +1

    Allow Houston citizens to build a garage to safely store there vehicles!

  • @jodyguilbeaux8225
    @jodyguilbeaux8225 2 года назад +1

    nothing will be done in democratic run cities and dont hold your breath.

    • @vu7419
      @vu7419 2 года назад

      Police are inept. 80% of them are Republicans

  • @mailtojarriya
    @mailtojarriya 2 года назад

    If caught they will be released before he arrives to police station. Law siding with criminals as always