Media Advisory - Ontario's Top Cops to Launch Provincial Lock It OR Lose It Crime Prevention Campaign

Media are invited to join police officers on a walk-through the Yorkdale Shopping Centre parking lot as officers look for unsecured vehicles

TORONTO, Nov. 26, 2014 /CNW/ - The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) and Toronto Police Service will kick off the annual Lock It OR Lose It Campaign, a proactive, province-wide crime prevention program that encourages motorists and passengers to take a few simple precautions to protect their vehicles and valuables from theft – especially during the holiday season. This year's launch will also highlight the growing dangers of identity theft related to unsecured vehicles.

Lock It OR Lose It Media Event:

Date:	Thursday, November 27, 2014
Location:	Yorkdale Shopping Centre
	3401 Dufferin Street, Toronto
	North Side (opposite highway 401)
	Directly inside the Famous Players/Indigo Mall Entrance
Time:	10:00 a.m.

Speakers will include:

• Chief Kimberley Greenwood, Barrie Police Service
• Mark Sullivan, Director Fraud Program, Interac Association/Acxsys Corporation
• Rick Dubin, Vice-President, Investigative Services, Insurance Bureau of Canada
• Raymond G. Leclair, Vice President – Public Affairs, TitlePLUS®
• Brian Vaile, Vice President – Marketing, RSR Global

Police leaders and officers from the Toronto Police Service and other police services will be joined by campaign supporters to kick off the OACP's annual province-wide crime prevention campaign targeting auto thefts and valuables in unsecured vehicles. Officers will be going out into the Yorkdale Shopping Centre to check on vehicles following the media event.

Using the Lock It OR Lose It Campaign, police officers throughout Ontario examine parked vehicles to confirm they are locked and that no valuables have been left in plain view.

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SOURCE: Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police

Joe Couto, Director of Government Relations & Communications, T. [phone] ext. 22, C. [phone], E. [email protected]