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DC carjackings skyrocket by nearly 74% prompting police to deploy 'bait cars'
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Police in Washington, D.C., are using “bait cars” to catch carjacking suspects as the crime skyrockets in the city.
Mayor Muriel Bowser has not responded to multiple requests for comment on the crimes and inquiries on how to combat them, but D.C. police revealed they launched a carjacking task force using "bait cars" to catch suspects in the city. "We do deploy bait cars at times. Most recently at the 2nd District they use it but we want to make sure that the tactic certainly works for the specific crime we happen to be targeting at that particular time," D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee said Tuesday. The move comes after a string of violent carjackings in the city, with suspects and perpetrators often being teenaged D.C. residents.More Related News