HAVE HAD THEIR SCARS STOLEN.

ONE REPORT LEFT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ON THE DAY YOU DISCOVER THE CAR IS GONE.

USE THE POLICE REPORT TO SOME OF THE CLAIM TO YOUR INSURED TO GET REIMBURSEMENT AND BE PREPARED TO HAVE THE MAKE, MODEL, LICENSE PLATE NUMBER AND PIN NUMBER HANDY.

THEY DECLINED OUR REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STORY.

>>> CAR THEFT IS FRUSTRATING ENOUGH, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER VEHICULAR CRIME THAT INDUCES FAR MORE FEAR AND THAT IS OF COURSE CARJACKING.

RIGHT NOW, CHICAGO IS THE TRIPLE THE NUMBER OF CARJACKINGS FROM A DECADE AGO AND HAS MORE INCIDENTS REPORTED THAT ANY CITY IN THE COUNTRY.

HERE TO DISCUSS THIS IS CAPTAIN DAVID KELTNER OF THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE.

CAPTAIN KELTNER, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

WHAT IS IT TELLING YOU ABOUT THE RATE OF CARJACKINGS IN CHICAGO AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE?

>> WE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CARJACKINGS AND ALSO VEHICLE THEFTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

WE'VE ALSO SEEN A LARGE INCREASE IN ARRESTS SOME HARD WORK FROM THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE AND OTHER POLICE PARTNERS COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE ARRESTS.

>> AND WITH CAR THEFTS, WE SAW JUST BEFORE COVID, THIS RISE BEGAN TO WHERE WE ARE AT NOW.

SEEING CARJACKING.

>> WE SAW AN INCREASE IN 2021 .

IT WAS A BIG NOTICEABLE INCREASE THAT WE SAW.

IT HAS BEEN AN UPTICK FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS.

>> ARE YOU SAYING THERE'S ENOUGH FOR AN ARREST, AS WELL?

>> WHAT ARE THE TOOLS AND TACTICS BEING USED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO STOP THIS?

>> NUNNALLY JUST THE TRAINING, OR STATE TROOPERS IN THE PARTNERS.

INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION AND SHARING HAVE INCREASED AND BEEN A BIG PUSH SINCE LAST YEAR.

IT'S BEEN AN EXTREME FOCUS ON UTILIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY TO PINPOINT RESPONDING TO CRIMES AND TAKEN PLACE.

UTILIZATION OF OUR CANINE PARTNERS IN OUR HANDLERS.

THE USE OF THE TRAINING -- SOMETIMES CALLED TECHNIQUE, THE USE OF STICKS IN THOSE PROCEEDS, OUR AIR SUPPORT HAS BEEN HUGE.

THERE'S BEEN AN EXPANSION GOING ON WITH THAT CURRENTLY.

UTILIZATION OF PR GOES ALONG WITH IT TO BE ABLE TO SIGN THOSE HOTSPOTS AND VEHICLES .

>> I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLIES PASS RECENTLY.

TO THE STATE POLICE TO -- WELL HALF OF THIS WILL GO TO THE STATE POLICE.

SO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THIS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WILL BE SPENT.

>> AS WE JUST MENTIONED, SOME OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN WORKING WELL FOR US.

WE ARE GETTING A LARGE PORTION OF IT UNDER HALF.

AND THOSE WILL BE UTILIZED TO EXPAND THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE SEEN WORK FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

MAKE THOSE SPECIAL ARREST THAT WE ARE TRYING TO WITH THE HIJACKINGS .

AGAIN, EXPANSION OF ALL THESE PROGRAMS.

IT'S HUGE FOR US TO TRY TO SAFELY ENCOUNTER THOSE VEHICLES AND MAKE ARRESTS, ALONG WITH ALL THOSE -- AS FAR AS CANINES AN ADDITIONAL STOP STICKS, ADDITIONAL TRAINING GOES A LONG WAY.

NOT JUST IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN.

THOSE INTERSTATES NEAR THE INTERCHANGE, BUT TO EXPAND FURTHER INTO THE OTHER COUNTIES .

>> WE SEE WITH THE CAR THEFTS, KIA AND HYUNDAI HAVING ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS.

NOT JUST HERE BUT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

IS THIS TRUE FOR CARJACKINGS, TOO?

THE EASE WITH WHICH THEY CAN KIND OF JUST TAKE A SCREWDRIVER AND A USB CORD AND START THE CARD?

>> WE DO SEE A LOT OF OUR -- I SAY BASICS THEFT OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ENCOUNTERING AN OWNER WITH A KEY FOB TO START THE VEHICLE.

YOU SEE A LOT OF THAT WERE WE HAVE SEEN THEM A LOT WITH THE KEY IS IN THE HYUNDAI'S.

WE SEE AND WE FEEL A LOT OF CARJACKINGS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ALL TYPES OF VEHICLES.

JUST THE BASIC VEHICLES THAT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES, STORES OR GAS STATIONS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THAT VEHICLE .

>> BEFORE WE GO HERE, TO SOME TIPS FOR MOTORISTS HERE TO STAY SAFE.

>> JUST WANT TO REMIND CITIZENS THAT YOU SHOULD ALWAYS LOCK YOUR DOORS.

LIMITING ANY ACCESS TO THE GARAGES .

SO NO ONE CAN MAKE THEIR WAY IN TO THE VEHICLES.

AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT THE KEY FOBS NEEDS TO BE REPROGRAMMED SO THOSE NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IN YOUR VEHICLES.

PUT YOUR PHONES AND DEVICES AWAY .

ALWAYS BE ALERT OF ANY SUSPICIOUS PERSONS OR ACTIVITY YOU'RE GETTING GAS OR WHEN YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR CAR IN A STORE OR IN A PARKING PLACE OR GARAGE.

SCAN THE AREA BEFOREHAND.

DON'T BE AFRAID -- IF YOU HAVE THAT INKLING OR THE HAIR ON YOUR BACK OF YOUR NECK STANDING UP, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PARK THERE, YOU CAN SAFELY GET AWAY FROM THAT SITUATION.

GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.

AT THE NEAREST TIME THAT YOU CAN, MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOTIFYING THE POLICE SO WE CAN