CHICAGO (CBS) — A Portage Park man found his car on bricks Monday morning for the second time in a year. That man’s neighbors caught the wheel thieves on camera. But he told CBS 2 the real story is the way Chicago police handled his case.

“I go out to my car, and I notice it’s on bricks,” said the man, who did not want to be identified. “Anybody from Chicago knows when they say it’s on bricks that means they stole the wheels.”

He said Chicago should hear how Chicago Police responded to the case.

“I can’t explain how much faith I have in the police department right now,” he said. “It was a small thing to them. It was a big thing to me.”

The neighbor who caught the wheel thieves on camera alerted police, who responded immediately and caught one of the men seen on camera.

Police were able to get the man’s wheels back.

“And they were nice enough to actually come here and pick me up,” he said. “Come to my apartment, pick me, take me to the station.”

“They loaded my wheels in one of the squad cars and brought me back home,” he added. “I guess you could say it’s a thankless job. They do their job, and they think nothing of it, but some of us actually respect it a lot.”

Wheel thefts continue to be an issue across the city, and with some now known to have access to keys, wheel locks may not be the answer.