Orlando police officers are trying to crack down on burglaries. Officers are going door-to-door in an effort to reduce crime.Police say car burglaries alone were up 13 percent in Orlando last year. More than 40 car burglaries have been reported this year in Orange County.The crimes happened in areas from Ocoee to Bay Ridge.Police were in College Park on Tuesday morning as part of Operation Lock it Up. Officers checked out cars and homes to see if they are unlocked, or if anything is in view that criminals would find appealing. They then give out a report card so the homeowner knows what they could do to improve the situation.Crime reached what seemed like epidemic levels in one section of Orange County, and it was a car burglary that Deputy Scott Pine was responding to when he was shot and killed by the car burglar he was chasing.Most watched video: Raw video: Sheriff's Office chopper locates plan crash victims"And we are making it too easy for these burglars," said Orlando Police Department Deputy Chief Robert Pigman. "We are leaving our cars unlocked and in this day and age it is unacceptable. We have to put up defenses and no. 1 is lock it up and that is what this is all about -- Operation Lock it Up."Police said they will continue the program for about three to six months.14277264

Orlando police officers are trying to crack down on burglaries.

Officers are going door-to-door in an effort to reduce crime.


Police say car burglaries alone were up 13 percent in Orlando last year. More than 40 car burglaries have been reported this year in Orange County.

The crimes happened in areas from Ocoee to Bay Ridge.

Police were in College Park on Tuesday morning as part of Operation Lock it Up.

Officers checked out cars and homes to see if they are unlocked, or if anything is in view that criminals would find appealing. They then give out a report card so the homeowner knows what they could do to improve the situation.

Crime reached what seemed like epidemic levels in one section of Orange County, and it was a car burglary that Deputy Scott Pine was responding to when he was shot and killed by the car burglar he was chasing.

Most watched video: Raw video: Sheriff's Office chopper locates plan crash victims

"And we are making it too easy for these burglars," said Orlando Police Department Deputy Chief Robert Pigman. "We are leaving our cars unlocked and in this day and age it is unacceptable. We have to put up defenses and no. 1 is lock it up and that is what this is all about -- Operation Lock it Up."

Police said they will continue the program for about three to six months.