Reporter Stephen Matthews gauges public reaction to the latest police campaign to combat thefts from cars with this talking Ford Escort Mk I. Devon and Cornwall Police aim to encourage drivers to lock their cars in an effort to clamp down on thefts of luggage, transistor radios and of the car itself. In 1975 in Devon and Cornwall car crime was on the increase and it was common to leave your car unlocked or its manual windows wound down leaving thieves to act opportunistically.