My car was broken into while parked at a hotel in Tukwila, WA on our way up to dropping my daughter off at college. I should have known better to leave things in the car, but it was loaded up with her things and we really didn't have a choice. Parked near the front of the hotel, but there were no spots directly in a lit area, so that was probably mistake #2.
Perps scouted out the car of foot, looking into the windshield, and also using phone LED light to look in side windows. Then, they drove up, stopped right in front of my car, and got out, popped the back left window (main, not small) and started grabbing things through the window. LUCKILY, they couldn't get some totes through the window, so they opened the door which then triggered the alarm. They grabbed one tote and took off. Could have been much worse, but still stung since it was mainly my daughters personal stuff and had ZERO value to the thieves.
The nearest service center (Bellevue) was terrific and got me in that afternoon, had the new window installed in an hour. I was very impressed with their response.
The officer that responded from Tukwila PD was awesome and asked for the dashcam footage if it showed anything. It did. And he said they recognized the car from other cases. So, there may be justice some day.
One thing that I ponder is.. if I had the front "blinky light" on the Blackvue 550 would that have deterred them, or would they have just stolen the camera, too?