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Denver officials hatch plan to curb record rate of catalytic converter thefts

Law enforcement officials view changes focused on coveted auto part as insufficient

Steve Horvath, owner of Jeno’s Auto ...
AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post
Steve Horvath, owner of Jeno’s Auto Service Inc., places a sticker on the catalytic converter of a Toyota Tacoma on Thursday, May 5, 2022. Horvath has been placing the registration stickers on the auto assembly to help deter would-be thieves from cutting the part from a car. Each label has a unique registration number and is applied with a chemical that etches the serial into the metal of the converter even if tampered with.
Joe Rubino - Staff portraits in The Denver Post studio on October 6, 2022. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Denver is poised to take steps toward combatting catalytic converter thefts after seeing a nearly 900% increase in instances of the suddenly very in-demand auto part disappearing from under vehicles in the city last year.
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