I had a MV police officer witness another car crash into mine and refuse to take down a report. Even though they said they saw the other man was at fault, they would not help me whatsoever.

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Make it to where it's a felony versus a slap on the hand.
Put up lots and lots of security cameras in Mountain View parking lots.

It seems that even tho the population of MV has increased over the years, I don't think the city has increased the number of patrol.
It is too bad and seems that citizens must begin to step up and protect our property and community. Not just from auto break-ins but the stevens creek trail as well.

They are not the right tool if you want to avoid break-ins.
Buyer beware.

The city council is too busy adding housing to worry about things like safety and fixing the streets that are in disgraceful condition.

This is not just a problem here. It seems that everywhere in the area city governments are ignoring the safety and security of the residents while they spend their energy (and our tax dollars) on their own pet projects. It's a disgrace.

There was a break-in at my family home (in a nearby community) while I was in the middle of selling it. My cousin, who lives near the property, was alerted by a neighbor and arrived while the criminals were still on the property. Rather than responding, the police simply talked to the culprits on my cousin's phone! No arrest, not even an appearance by the police. Is this what our tax dollars are paying for? If it is, we are being overcharged. I should also add that my cousin was in her late 70s at the time.

If the police don't respond when a crime is in progress, why on earth would a criminal have any reason NOT to commit crimes? When you know that nobody will stop you, why should they avoid doing these things? In many communities, the police will not come if no firearm is present. Meanwhile, city councils worry about packing more and more people into our cities, increasing the targets for crime and also introducing more culprits into our midst.

Until the local governments start to concentrate on the current residents rather than their own agendas, this will only get worse.

If it doesn’t have $$$$$$$$$ in it for Mountain View. They don’t care.

My car (also a Tesla) has been broken into 3 times in this same lot. But we need to be fair to our MVPD. They have been extremely helpful, but there is nothing they can do. These guys are fast. I caught them on camera once, including a license plate number, but even that is not enough. The owner of the car involved in the crime can claim someone else borrowed it, and they can't prove it without a face ID which is hard to get through a car windshield.

The best thing we can do as citizens in the community is to all keep a careful watch on suspicious activity and call PD asap if we see anything. All three times my car was broken into, it was a busy time of day (dinner hour). People were likely around.

Nothing was in my car to invite them to break the window, and therefore nothing was stolen. I'm going to start leaving my trunk cover off so thieves can see there is nothing in the trunk. I suggest this to other Teslas owners. Use your frunk (front trunk) instead. Perhaps then the thieves will stop smashing windows to pop open our back trunks.

The pattern of Teslas, perhaps it's the cars bluetooth or other signals that's making thieves think a laptop is in the car? Have you seen if your car is emitting any electronic signals? Some laptops still emit bluetooth when in sleep mode.

MV Resident... good idea, but an electronic signal doesn't seem to be the issue. I had this theory also. But I watched the thieves in my security camera and they did not stop or scan the vehicles for signals. They came in from a distance, quickly ducked between the cars, smashed the window, reached through the broken window to pop the trunk down, then they reach in the trunk to see if there is anything inside. It takes no more than 20 seconds per vehicle.

I think they are targeting Teslas because it's easy to pop down the trunk. The newer models now have any-theft for broken windows. I'll look into a third party device to put on the windows of my older Tesla.

Also, there has never been a laptop or other electronics (on or off) in my vehicle.

It was pointed out to me that I might have been too kind in my comments to the PD. 622 auto burglaries is far too many. It is going to start hurting our businesses because people will be afraid to come to Mtn View. It should be taken seriously in an innovative way. Each time my window is broken, it cost around $1k to fix. Add lost contents that people may have, and this is a $1m/year dollar issue.

In the last year our car (and several other cars in the SWAN neighborhood) was broken into. Also, someone cut a chain and stole new bike in broad daylight as we shopped at the Farmers Market. So frustrating that the police can’t do anything.

A good friend from Menlo Park parked her Tesla in the Smart and Final parking lot and it was broken into in the middle of the day. Some customers from Burger King caught the license plate number of the escaping thief and reported it to the MVPD and they STILL did nothing. So infuriating! I can’t underdtand why they can’t follow up and investigate this.

The issue is becoming so well known that MV police don’t investigate crime that it may be attracting more theft.