Audits are being conducted in the Portage Area to educate residents... 

Vehicle owners in Portage are being critiqued on how well they stand against auto theft.

 

The RCMP detachment's summer students along with Citizens on Patrol members have been conducting vehicle audits in public parking lots.  It's a preventative measure to educate owners how to make their vehicles less appealing to car jackers. 

 

And with a recent local crime report confirming auto theft is up in the area, constable Dave Spakowski stresses we need to protect our vehicles. 

 

The audit extends further than just making sure your doors are locked and outlines several safeguards against theft. 

 

Spakowski feels they're safeguards that are taken for granted too often.