From USA TODAY:
Mandy Mboge, a nursing student from Madison, Wis., got a bad report card earlier this month — not because of her studies but because she left a tote bag in the back seat of her car.
Police patrols like the one in Madison are on the lookout in a growing number of cities for everything from GPS devices and iPads to purses and spare change left in vehicles. They issue report cards that grade cars on how inviting they are to thieves.
Although car thefts are on the decline, vehicle break-ins are increasing. According to Crime in the United States, a report published by the U.S. Department of Justice this past September, car thefts were down 13.5% in 2008 from 2007, while thefts of items from vehicles increased 6.2% during the same period…
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