Police launch $50-thousand campaign to reduce car thefts

Sioux Falls Police cruiser door. KELO.com News file photo.

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) — The men and women in blue say they’ve talked until they’re blue in the face, but they wonder if anyone’s listening.  So, Sioux Falls police trying a new method of communicating.  Police Chief Jon Thum says car thefts have gone from 759 in 2019, to almost 15-hundred so far this year.

The police department is launching a 50-thousand dollar campaign to try to break the trend.  The theme is “Lock it and Pocket” – meaning always lock your car, and always put the keys in your pocket.