Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD are hoping to pump the brakes on soaring Bronx car thefts by having motorists in the borough tag their vehicles for free.
The mayor, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell and Chief of Department Jeffery Maddrey joined Chairman of the Association for a Better New York Steven Rubenstein to announce that some 500 Apple AirTags will be available for free for automobile owners within the confines of the 43rd Precinct in hopes of combatting a rash of Grand Larceny Auto crimes.
The AirTags, which will be distributed at the local station house, come as the Adams administration is seeking to combat crime. While the mayor took a victory lap in regard to homicides, shootings, and robberies, the top city elected admitted that Grand Larceny auto is trending in the wrong direction across the five boroughs, but especially in the Bronx.
Police say Kia and Hyundai vehicles have been the prime target of these joy rides, due to a manufacturer fault that allows them to be jump-started using charging cables, which has been widely publicized and even encouraged through social media platforms such as TikToK. Officials hope that, with these AirTags, thieves will be quickly brought to justice — or even discouraged in the first place.
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