Peter vonStackelberg

This actually happened in Canada: At a community safety meeting in Etobicoke (a Toronto neighborhood), Toronto Police Service (TPS) Constable Marco Ricciardi suggested residents place their car key fobs (the electronic keys for modern vehicles) in a Faraday bag (which blocks remote signals to prevent signal relay thefts) and leave it near the front door. His stated rationale was to prioritize personal safety over property: Thieves breaking into homes are often solely motivated by stealing vehicles and have no interest in harming occupants or taking other items. By making the keys easily accessible without requiring a full search of the home, the hope was to de-escalate encounters and reduce the risk of violent confrontations. Ricciardi explicitly noted that many arrested thieves were armed with loaded firearms, emphasizing the danger to unarmed residents.