The Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department would like to provide you with this friendly reminder to protect yourself from having your vehicle stolen. 

As the temperatures in our area drop, please remember to NEVER leave a running vehicle unlocked and unattended. It takes a thief only seconds to get into your vehicle and drive away. We also want to stress that you do not leave your keys or fobs in or on your vehicle. Please remember to roll up your windows and lock the vehicle when you arrive home. Utilize after market items or alarm systems if your vehicle is equipped with them. 

Reducing the risk, we can help prevent your vehicle from being stolen. Below are some further statistics to help you better understand how often these thefts occur. 

- In the United States, a vehicle is stolen every 41 seconds. Based on that, by the time you've completely read this post, two vehicle have been stolen. 

- The most commonly stolen vehicles are Toyota Camry, Honda Civic, Honda Accord, Full Sized Ford, Dodge and Chevrolet Pickups trucks. 

- 42 percent of stolen vehicles are never recovered. 

See NHTSA.gov/theft for further theft prevention information.

As always, if you see anyone suspicious in your neighborhood or at night please call us to help prevent these crimes from occurring.

We thank you for your help!