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Volunteers track abandoned vehicles. With the City of Las Vegas and Clark County growing at a record pace it is no surprise that each area command gets 100-125 abandoned vehicles reported each month.

Why is this so important to the community?

The answer is simple if these abandoned vehicles are not handled in a timely manner, the criminal element will think no one is taking care of the neighborhood and they will move in. You will see an increase in:

• Graffiti
• Vandalism
• Burglaries

To avoid the above from happenening we will take the following action:

1. One of our volunteers inputs the information received by the public on the abandoned vehicle into the computer database.
2. Two other volunteers go out to the location to see if the vehicle is there and does look as though it has been abandoned.
3. If it is, then they tag the car by putting a sticker on the driver's window.
4. Then they return at least 3 days later to see if the vehicle is still there.
5. If it is they make arrangements to have the vehicle towed.
6. By tracking these abandoned vehicles volunteers are making more time available for the officers to patrol our neighborhoods