Toronto Police are being heavily criticized online for what many consider a shoulder-shrugging approach to the rash of car thefts that continue to plague the Greater Toronto Area. At an Etobicoke safety meeting last month, Cst. Marco Ricciardi advised residents to leave their key fobs in a faraday pouch in a convenient place for thieves as a way to lessen the risk of violent confrontations. "To prevent the possibility of being attacked in your home, leave your fobs at the front door because they are breaking into your home to steal your car; they don't want anything else. "A lot of them that they're arresting have guns on them and they are not toy guns," he ominously added. "They are real guns. They're loaded." That advice sparked an angry reaction on X, formerly known as Twitter.