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Keys Locked in Your Car? Don't Call The Police
By Matthew Bowers
The Virginian-Pilot
If you lock yourself out of your car, call someone in your family, call a friend, call a locksmith - but don't call the police in South Hampton Roads.
They generally no longer open locked vehicles, short of an emergency, such as a trapped child.
Loss of the welcome - and free - favor is a sign of our increasingly complex world. New cars, police note, have power windows and locks, anti-theft devices and air bags. Their doors are crammed with electronics and computers and wires.
Sliding the traditional lockout tool or "slim jim" blindly into this world beneath the window risks expensive damage that police don't want to mess with.