Vehicle and catalytic converter theft are a direct threat to leaders within healthcare, property management, hospitality, retail, and more. The negative repercussions of vehicle and catalytic converter theft are immediate and can lead to costly issues like: 

• Operational disruption
• Insurance hikes 
• Damaged reputation
• Frustrated customers, tenants, and/or guests 

Flock Safety offers proactive, technology-driven security solutions that help businesses prevent these thefts and respond faster whenever incidents occur - all while providing law enforcement and/or security teams with actionable evidence.

‍Catalytic Converter and Vehicle-Related Theft is a Growing Issue for Businesses

Catalytic converters are easy targets. In under two minutes, an offender can remove one and disappear—leaving victims with a repair bill that can exceed $3,000 per vehicle. Hospitals, hotels, office buildings, and other businesses with vast, often unmonitored on-site parking lots are frequent targets.

Vehicle thefts also often escalate into bigger liability issues, especially when stolen vehicles are used to commit additional crimes on or near your property.

‍In short: If you own or manage a commercial property with parking access, you're a potential target.

‍How Flock Safety is Helping Leaders Take Back Control

"Within the first two weeks of Flock being on the property, we recovered 2 stolen vehicles. And even though that wasn’t my primary reason for putting up Flock cameras, a lot of crime is committed with a stolen vehicle. So that was just awesome to be able to have that immediate response to something we spent a lot of time and hard earned money trying to figure out how to combat crime. And two stolen vehicles come up within 2 weeks of putting up the system here."

• Norine Bowen, Regional Vice President Property Management, Direct Retail Partners 

Flock Safety’s security solutions equip businesses with real-time tools to detect and deter vehicle-related crime. Our cameras are built specifically to capture vehicle license plates, vehicle type, make, color, and other identifying features like bumper stickers or roof racks.

Here’s what that means for your business:

1. Built for Prevention—Not Just Reaction

Beyond resolution, Flock Safety helps deter crime in the first place. Security solutions that help to proactively deter crime include Flock Safety’s mobile security trailers that are perfect for patrolling outdoor spaces like parking lots, warehouses, construction sites, and more. Relevant features of mobile security trailers include: 

• Completely centralized security with hardware that integrates directly into the Flock Safety platform, helping to unify live monitoring, evidence capture, and investigations. 
• Hassle-free setup with no power, internet, or IT setup required - making it easy to quickly deploy anywhere you need it. 
• 24/7 real-time, automatic alerts for unusual people and/or vehicles, helping to ensure a faster response time to potential vehicle thefts.
• Three video cameras, two PTZ cameras, and one panoramic camera for 360° maximum visibility to offer clear footage and evidence of any illegal dumping. 

2. Proactively Deter Crime with Alert Response Service

Flock Safety’s Alert Response Service empowers business leaders with proactive deterrence and rapid threat response that’s essential for quickly addressing any potential vehicle and catalytic converter thefts.

Here’s how Flock Safety’s Alert Response Service works:

Imagine you're a retail property manager, and someone shows up in your parking lot after hours. When an automated alert—like motion detection or a perimeter breach—is triggered from Flock Safety’s mobile security trailers, a remote agent quickly reviews the video to determine the next steps. If it’s a false alarm, the alert is dismissed. 

For low-priority incidents, the agent uses talk-down speakers with tailored warnings, from polite reminders to firm commands for potential threats. They can also escalate to on-site security or law enforcement as needed. Every incident is logged for your review and to continuously improve response accuracy.

‍Benefits of Flock Safety’s Alert Response Service includes: 

• Crime deterrence: The presence of a proactive security system is often enough to deter potential car thieves. Knowing that alerts are not only monitored but also acted upon discourages criminal activity and enhances the sense of safety for employees and staff.
  
  
• Cost Efficiency: Securing your property after-hours doesn’t mean stretching your budget to hire more staff or an expensive full-time guard. Flock Safety’s Alert Response Service gives you access to an entire team of security experts protecting your property at a much lower cost - to ensure your vehicles are always protected.. 

• Quicker response times: Every second counts during a potential car or catalytic converter theft. With Flock Safety’s Alert Response Service, verified alerts are quickly communicated to the appropriate personnel, significantly reducing response times.

‍3. Accelerated Investigations and Claims Support

Flock Safety doesn't just record what happens, it helps you act on it. You can search LPR footage based on time, location, and by vehicle type, plate, or appearance - to piece together multiple incidents across days or sites.

When it’s time to file a claim or share evidence with law enforcement regarding vehicle or catalytic converter theft - everything you need is a few clicks away. Businesses regularly reduce case resolution timelines from weeks to days using Flock Safety's unified evidence system.

‍4. Real-Time Direct Collaboration with Law Enforcement 

‍“From identifying stolen vehicles to vehicles of known shoplifters, they’re helping us prevent, deter and solve crime in ways that are having an immediate impact."

• Aiden McGuire, Director of Corporate Communications at Pyramid Management Group, who owns the Destiny USA property

Flock Safety’s real-time law enforcement video sharing maximizes the potential of your existing video cameras by enabling direct collaboration with local law enforcement.

It works by allowing video camera feeds from throughout your properties — whether Flock cameras or not — to be centralized within Flock’s platform, allowing your local law enforcement agency real-time access to footage the moment an incident occurs. 

This enables a faster, more coordinated response—all without the need for costly camera upgrades or replacements. With detailed LPR and video evidence at their fingertips, law enforcement can quickly track down car theft suspects, prevent repeat offenses, and enhance the overall safety of your parking lot and premises.

Businesses also have the option to receive an automatic alert to let you know whenever a wanted car is on your property. This is from a Flock Safety feature called the custom hotlist.

‍What is the Hot List?

Flock Safety’s Hot List feature allows businesses to receive alerts on stolen vehicles, known wanted criminals and more, as long as the private business chooses to share their LPR cameras with law enforcement. Law enforcement will then be automatically notified if a vehicle associated with the NCIC enters your property, allowing them to take action. It works via an integration into the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC), which is updated daily. 

Customers can also place at-risk vehicles or license plates on custom Hot Lists to alert law enforcement or on-site security instantly if/when they enter their property.

‍5. License Plate Recognition (LPR) That Works

Flock Safety’s LPR cameras provide 24/7 surveillance of vehicles entering and exiting your property. If a carjacking or catalytic converter theft occurs—or a suspicious vehicle returns—you’ll have searchable, actionable evidence ready to support investigations and claims.

And unlike traditional surveillance technology, Flock Safety’s LPR cameras:

• Are infrastructure-free, meaning they can be installed quickly and easily with no additional utility bills or IT support
• Come with service and maintenance bundled into one straightforward subscription fee
• Capture pertinent vehicle details even at night 

‍The ROI Is Clear

Every theft avoided is money and reputation saved—from insurance hikes and bad customer reviews, to time spent managing repairs, claims, or customer dissatisfaction. Flock Safety helps you operate more securely, maintain customer trust, and reduce downtime due to crime.

‍Don’t let your business become an easy target.

Protect your vehicles, your people, and your reputation with proactive security tools.

Interested in learning more about how Flock Safety can further prevent crime at your business? Read our blog on illegal dumping