Theft

5 photos · 2023–2024

5 photographs tagged Theft, 2023–2024.

Related: Anti-theft Car Clinic Hyundai Minneapolis Minnesota
Street Pole Copper Theft
Copper thieves have targeted Minneapolis's public infrastructure, stripping wiring from streetlights and other essential services.

Minneapolis Streetlight Wiring Stripped by Copper Thieves

Hyundai mobile anti-theft clinic event with vehicles and branded equipment in Minneapolis parking lot.
Minneapolis Police Department deployed a mobile command vehicle to the Hyundai anti-theft clinic site on Lake Street on November 10, 2022. The truck, equipped with surveillance masts and communications gear, is used by MPD for large events, ongoing investigations, and coordinated operations requiring an on-site command post. Hyundai and Kia held a series of these clinics nationwide that year after a spike in thefts linked to a security flaw in vehicles lacking engine immobilizers, offering free steering wheel locks and software updates to affected owners. The clinic's location, in a lot near businesses still bearing plywood and graffito from the unrest following George Floyd's killing in 2020, sits within the Lake Street corridor that saw some of the heaviest damage during that period.

Minneapolis Police Command Vehicle at Anti-Theft Clinic, Lake Street

Hyundai mobile clinic event with branded banners offering anti-theft assistance to vehicle owners in Minneapolis.
Hyundai's mobile clinic event in Minneapolis offered free steering wheel locks and software updates to owners of vehicles targeted in a wave of thefts linked to a social media trend exploiting a security flaw in certain models. The flaw, which allowed some Hyundai and Kia vehicles to be started without a key, prompted lawsuits and a class-action settlement requiring the automakers to fund anti-theft measures and reimburse affected owners. Hyundai has run similar pop-up clinics in cities across the country as part of that response.

Hyundai Anti-Theft Mobile Clinic, Minneapolis

White Hyundai vehicle at anti-theft software clinic with orange traffic cones and signage in Minneapolis.
Hyundai holding "mobile clinics" in Minneapolis to provide steering wheel locks and "anti-theft software" to owners of affected vehicles the company has manufactured.

Hyundai Anti-Theft Clinic at K-Mart Store on Lake Street

White Hyundai vehicle approaches a drive-through anti-theft clinic with orange traffic cones and signage in Minneapolis.
Hyundai conducted a mobile clinic in Minneapolis on November 10th, 2022, to distribute steering wheel locks and anti-theft software. This initiative aimed to assist owners of Hyundai vehicles manufactured by the company who were affected by a rise in car thefts.

Hyundai Steering Wheel Lock Clinic in Minneapolis

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