Council to beef up fines in response to catalytic converter thefts in Calgary
The increase is also being attributed to the rising price of precious metals that catalytic converters are made out of: platinum, palladium and rhodium.“The whole purpose of this is to come up with some solutions,” Demong said.
Demong’s motion was inspired by a move from the City of Leduc, which changed its bylaw to fine anybody in possession of unattached catalytic converters except for those with a valid business licence for automotive repair or auto parts supply, or those who have a permit from the City of Leduc. According to Leduc RCMP, the program also includes a partnership with local businesses to engrave a vehicle’s VIN number on the base of a catalytic converter to help make it easier to identify if it’s stolen.
Although no stolen converters with the etched VIN numbers have been recovered, the local RCMP detachment said the program is a helpful deterrent. “People are aware of this and they know now we can identify the owner of that catalytic converter based on the VIN being etched on it, with the ability to follow up with some sort of a criminal code investigation,” Leduc RCMP Cst. Cheri-Lee Smith told Global News. “We want to keep those catalytic converters on the vehicles in our communities and out of the hands of criminals.
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