Tesla's Sentry Mode has just been lauded by the authorities. According to the cops, this feature helped them identify one of two thieves of a robbery, less than 24 hours that it had been reported.
Thieves these days no longer care if they are conducting their robberies at night or in broad daylight. Two thieves broke into a Tesla Model 3 in broad daylight this week because they were cunning and assumed themselves smarter than authorities. However, they did not bank on a car being smarter than them.
Not knowing that vehicle they broke into has a built-in suite of cameras that can identify them and the vehicle they used to carry out their criminal activity, as reported by Teslarati. Thanks to the footage that Tesla's Sentry Mode was able to provide the police, one of the criminals were apprehended not even a day after the crime was reported.
The owner relayed that while picking up dinner for his wife on Tuesday, he received a Sentry Mode notification from his car. He also received another alert that the mode's alarm state has been penetrated, which worried him further. He rushed over to his car, and the sight that met him was a true disaster. The passenger side of the front window has been smashed, and his laptop was gone.
"I was on my way home from work and stopped to pick up some dinner for my wife and I. So, I parked it in the parking lot over near the mall, turned on the Sentry Mode and went into the store. I was standing in line, and I got the notification on my phone that Sentry Mode had been activated, and then right after that, I got that the alarm had been activated. So, I left the line, came out and looked, and the window was smashed, and my laptop was gone," the Model 3 owner detailed.
Naturally, he called law enforcers to aid him and report the incident. To help him report the crime better, he turned over the videos captured by Sentry Mode's different cameras. The footage was priceless for the investigation. The footage revealed two individuals casing the car before breaking into it. The cameras were even able to capture the faces of the thieves. If that is not helpful enough, the footage also showed the license plate of the vehicle utilized for the theft.
Half of the enforcers' job at identifying and apprehending the thieves was done by this point. According to Fairfield police Lt. Jausiah Jacobsen, in a statement to KCRA 3 News, one of the thieves was identified as Alvin Lovett, a resident of Bay Area and 24-years-old. The guy already has a police record from other jurisdictions.
While the other thief is yet to be identified and apprehended, this will be easy now, given his partner in crime has already been caught and his face too has been captured by Sentry's Video mode. This feature of Tesla had the authorities gushing.
