Calgarian makes wannabe gangster look stupid

Yesterday, a handful of people helped a person get their stolen truck and trailer back in Calgary. The trailer was parked right by a school, in plain sight, when someone spotted it. Then at 11:22am someone noticed a truck matching the description of the one that was stolen drive right by the parked trailer. Now it was clear the truck was in that...

Chronic repeat criminals arrested in less than 8 hours

Three suspects wanted for numerous property crimes were arrested and 1 vehicle was seized within 8 hours of the alert being put on Lightcatch Monday Feb 8, 2021. As exciting as it was to see this come to closure so quickly there is something a little bit wrong with this situation.  Why would the public take days or weeks to report crimes like this...

2am Theft Attempt ends up in arrest and 2 vehicles seized

Thieves attempting to steal a vehicle in Red Deer County at 2am Feb 7 end up being arrested before noon the same day. A resident in Red Deer County was awoken Sunday morning about 2am to sounds in their yard. By 2:24am they reported this information on the free Lightcatch app.

Kneehill County, Alberta getting hit Jan-Feb 2021

Kneehill County the criminals are in your area Jan-Feb 2021.   Red Deer and the surrounding areas have made them scatter. Since Jan 16 when these criminals were caught on video inside this red square in the image the thefts in the Red Deer area have dropped off dramatically. It’s pretty clear why. They left and are working in your area now.

Typical rural homeowner

Some of the best people in the world live in rural areas.  Unfortunately, experienced criminals have learned how to take advantage of people's good natures too often.

Corinna's Story

All Municipalities are concerned about crime. Lightcatch has lots of information and data that can help a Municipality, Village or Town empower their residents to be part of the solution. Working with Darren Boyer and Lightcatch the app gives real time awareness to theft and crime. SiteSafe is an easy tool that informs every Lightcatch app user in...

Alyssa's Story

A more wretched hive of scum and villainy

Your safety is directly connected to how well people are watching over the safety of their community near you. If 100 items got stolen in your community how many would be returned via policing and community engagement? This number is really important. If that number is above 75% that means crime can hardly stay in business. Above 75% means all th...

Volunteer superstars

Stopping these criminals and getting this stolen car back was so surprising. Someone happened to remember a White Toyota Corolla was stolen 26 days earlier. They created a new alert, because the old one had expired.  This is amazing!  After that volunteer superstar created the alert the stolen car was then spotted two more times within the next 48...

Stolen 5am while standing on the passenger side brushing the snow off

When it’s 5:40am and your brushing the snow off your car in a parking lot no one is expecting someone to steal your vehicle right in front of you. That was exactly what happened on Dec 22. By 8:30am it was on Lightcatch. And then the car seemed to dissappear.  No one saw the car in Red Deer that day.