CARSAFE - National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council Inc.

Intervening in the Lifecycle of Theft

Interventions to minimise the risk of a vehicle being stolen can be made at three points in a vehicle’s life cycle: at manufacture, pre-purchase or while the vehicle is in service.

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The NMVTRC’s work program is structured into two streams.

Reducing the COST of vehicle theft—via countermeasures that impede the activities of organised criminals attempting to convert stolen vehicles or components into cash; and
Reducing the VOLUME of vehicle theft—by improving the security of the older vehicle fleet and reducing the level of youth offending.

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PROGRAM A: REDUCING THE COST OF THEFT
A1: IMPROVING THE STANDARD OF VEHICLE AND COMPONENT IDENTIFICATION
	Code of Practice for Dealing in Secondhand Auto Parts
	Whole Vehicle Marking: VIN-Based Microdot Technology
	Secure Compliance Labels / Security Labels
	Reducing Motorcycle Theft
A2: IMPROVING NATIONAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION PRACTICES
	Implementing Written-Off Vehicle Registers
	Improving the Consistency of the Management of Written-Off Vehicles
	Improving Access to Vehicle Status Information
A3: IMPROVING INVESTIGATIVE RESPONSES AND INTER-AGENCY COOPERATION
	National Vehicle Theft Investigators’ Course
	Police Vehicle Theft Investigators’ Forum
	Evaluation of the Impact of Insurance Practice on Professional Theft

PROGRAM B: REDUCING THE VOLUME OF THEFT
B1: SECURING THE OLDER VEHICLE FLEET
	Voluntary Immobilisation: Immobilise Now!
	Compulsory Immobiliser Schemes
	ADR 25/02
B2: PROMOTING SECURE PRACTICES IN THE COMMUNITY
	Community Education
	Operation Bounce Back: Partnership with Local Government
	Australia's Most Wanted
B3: REDUCING THE INVOLVEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN VEHICLE THEFT
	Best Practice in Youth Recidivist Offender Program
	U-Turn: Implementing Best Practice Youth Programs
	Streetwize Youth Communications: Targeting a Broad Audience