Frequent car break-ins in San Francisco are a major problem for the city’s residents and the SFPD. Prosecutors and police are unable to punish thieves due to a statute demanding proof that a vehicle was locked at the time of a break-in, which most people are unable to provide. This has created a loophole that lets thieves go free, but San Francisco residents are fighting back with glitter bombs and clever devices, which make it easy to identify thieves.
One of these residents is former Apple product designer Mark Rober, whose tech outfit, CrunchLabs, got their start fighting porch pirates in California with elaborate devices that record audio and video footage, as well as providing GPS tracking, to catch people stealing packages off front porches. Rober then moved onto making similar glitter bombs to lure in car thieves, according to SF Gate:
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