Doug Shipley, MP — Local services in Barrie

Minister Shipley sent out a flyer stating “stop car theft” to Barrie residences recently.

Basically it was trying to blame the current federal government for the current theft epidemic due to not enough sea can inspections at ports and catch and release bail rules for car thieves.

As a repeat car theft victim (5 times now/no investigations/no arrests) I found Minister Shipleys solution just shows a continued lack of understanding from both Liberal and Conservative politicians of why it’s happening.

The elephant in the room nobody seems to want to discuss is the “discretion to do nothing” politicians give police in Ontario to not enforce the current car theft laws.

The police are “too busy” to investigate car thefts for the average person. That’s a big part of what has lead to the current situation, where not only do thieves have a low chance of getting caught, they are brazen enough to break in to your home to find your fob now.

If Minister Shipley noticed in the news he would see things like:

“Toronto Couple recovers stolen vehicle on their own”

“Constable Ricciardi recommends leaving your fob near the front door to prevent the possibility of being attacked in your home”

Should we maybe just leave the keys in the ignition for them too sir??

I asked Minister Shipley a question in a email I sent his office regarding my June 2020 Barrie truck theft attempt smashing out my ignition in my driveway.

After waiting 6 hours to attend I provided Barrie Police with a suspect description and canvassed my neighbours later to update BPS WITH THE SUSPECTS ADDRESS too.

Guess what they did….NOTHING (They had dna also from all the blood left in my interior)

The question Minister Shiipleys office ignored twice with their form letter email response:

“Is Minister Shipley ok with BPS doing nothing with victims conducting their own investigation providing a physical description/address of a suspect?”

My suggested solution was to make it law the police have to investigate car thefts instead of using their “ discretion to do nothing”

Regarding the very low percentage of car theft convictions/catch and release bail availability, let’s start by denying bail to violent offenders out killing OPP officers in...

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