06/26/2024 05:15:50 PMIn car-centric Houston, vehicles are as important as air conditioning in the summer months, and more than half of ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú students, staff, and faculty drive to campus daily, parking their vehicles in one of the campus parking zones and garages. Vehicles help campus community members arrive for class and work on time, but if their car is stolen or damaged by a thief, it becomes a costly and inconvenient matter. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, more than 1 million vehicles were stolen nationally in 2022 in the United States costing vehicle owners more than $8 billion. Additionally, a single-passenger vehicle is stolen every 32 seconds in the U.S as reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Jesus Acevedo Jr.jhaceved@central.uh.eduCougarSAFE