A police officer is still alarmed and trying to figure out how thieves quietly broke into his car last Friday evening, despite the vehicle being fitted with what he thought was an efficient anti-theft alarm system.

According to the cop, who is stationed at the Denham Town Police Station, he spent about an hour at a popular restaurant and bar in Portmore, St Catherine, and upon his return to the parking lot, saw that the window on the driver’s side of his Toyota Picnic motor car had been smashed. The policeman, who said that the incident occured about 6:30 pm, told Auto that the alarm of the car was turned on at the time.

“I don’t know what them do, I never heard the alarm go off. I just come see the glass like that. Apparently the thieves must have shocked the glass or something so that the alarm don’t go off,” he speculated.

But the policeman’s experience, according to one car alarm specialist, is not unusual. He explained that it was quite possible for a windscreen of a vehicle to be cut and a vehicle not vibrate enough to trigger a sensor alarm.

He told Auto that many motorists are not aware that there are different types of alarms to detect entry to their motor vehicles. “One alarm does not cover everything,” he cautioned.

“One alarm does not offer all of that security, so it really depends on what kind of system you have protecting your vehicle. It is like a house alarm, you can’t do the windows and not do the doors,” he said.

The alarm specialist, while declaring that he was not fully informed about the cop’s case, advised that motorists should speak to experienced motor vehicle security providers to ensure that the most effective alarms are fitted on their vehicles.

“Cars can be fitted with different types of security features. The vehicle can have a motion sensor, a shock sensor or glass break sensor. There are all different levels of security,” the specialist continued.

The policeman told Auto that the thieves took his laptop and other valuables.

“The man them steal my laptop and some other documents that I had in the vehicle. The documents not even so bad but the laptop, that really crippled me,” he lamented. “I can’t even put a value to it to the amount of information I had on it. It was crucial to work,” the lawman continued.

It cost $7,000 to replace the car window, the officer said.