Hate to be the bearer of bad news Dukes, it wont stop 'em.
I lost 2 batt' drills/impact drill/circular & jig saw/belt sander and a heap of hand tools in seconds from the inside back of my old extra-cab. They were all 'out of sight' covered
In the time it took for the alarm to go off, me to jump out of bed and look over the verandah at what set it off and to get downstairs they were gone.
Cops knew all about the b*st*ards when I reported it... I was one of many to be hit by these 3 guys.
They'd pick a suburb and target every ute on the streets. Coppers reckoned they didnt 'eyeball' the utes first as they would break into some utes that had nothing in them to steal.
They'd steal a van (like a hiace), drive up & double park, the driver stays seated with the engine running, next guy 1/2 in 1/2 out of the side door of the van, third guy, smashes driver's window, flips seat fwd and grabs whatever he can & hands to the 2nd guy who throws each tool in van... in seconds they've cleaned you out & gone.
Needless to say I never heard anything about my tools even though they were engraved with my driver's license number so I guess the cops never stumbled upon them anywhere
But then I never heard anything after my spare was stolen off the back of my patrol parked out the front. LOL coppers said to me, you reckon you're hard done by, drive down your street & check out your neighbour's patrol.... it's on bricks they stole all 5 of his wheels.
I also had stolen the complete LH tail light assembly off the old hilux... how did I know it happened out the front... because after I was told by a neighbour it was missing later in the day I had a look where I park and there nicely placed on the gutter were the screws & washers.... bastards
I'm "over" it now... couldn't be bothered getting annoyed or upset..... no doubt "something" will happen to this ute too.
