Vancouver's Bait Car program is celebrating its seventh anniversary. Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General Kash Heed said that the program has helped drop the rate of auto thefts by 71 percent.

The program, which operates alongside the province-wide bait car strategy run by the Integrated Municipal Police Auto Crime Team – or IMPACT - also produced a year over year comparison that shows provincial car theft is down 27 percent.

The Province and police employ additional strategies in the battle against auto theft. The Automatic License Plate Recognition technology enables police to scan license plates for stolen vehicles, warrants or arrests with the use of cameras and computers, and the Air One and Air Two helicopters assist in the apprehension of car thieves.