San Antonio Police Department

H.E.A.T.

Help End Auto Theft

SAPD Expands its Anti-Auto Theft Program
To Include:
ON-LINE H.E.A.T. ENROLLMENT

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TO ACCESS H.E.A.T. ON-LINE ENROLLMENT FORM

The San Antonio Police Department has a special detail within its Vehicle Crimes Unit called REACT (Regional Auto Crimes Team). This detail focuses on regional auto theft, particularly large scale or organized auto theft operations. In conjunction with this, the San Antonio Police Department has expanded its auto theft prevention program to participate in the state-wide vehicle registration program called HEAT (Help End Auto Theft). The HEAT decal replaces the previously-used ACT (Arrest Car Thieves) decal.

Advantages of the HEAT Program

Vehicles displaying the HEAT decal on the front windshield and rear window are clearly identifiable to law enforcement officers throughout the state as being registered in this anti-auto-theft program. sticker Registration in HEAT and displaying the decals means the vehicle owner gives permission to any law enforcement officer to stop the vehicle between the hours of 1:00 am and 5:00 am, to identify the driver as one of the persons registered by the owner as having permission to drive the vehicle.

If a HEAT-stickered vehicle is stopped by a law enforcement officer at 3:00 am and the vehicle operator or occupant is NOT one of the drivers listed on the HEAT registration, the officer will then check further to see if the vehicle has been stolen. In some cases, officers have stopped vehicles with the HEAT decal, discovered an unauthorized person was driving, contacted the registered owner who, only then, learned the vehicle was missing and had been stolen. More than one Texas officer has called an owner in the middle of the night, only to have the owner insist his vehicle was "in the driveway", when, in fact, the vehicle and the car thief were with the officer.

Registering Your Vehicle with HEAT

San Antonio residents can register their vehicles with the HEAT program in one of three ways:

If your vehicle is currently registered with ACT (and has visible decals), please take the vehicle to any SAPD substation and the new HEAT stickers can be applied. (PLEASE call the substation first to see what time is best to bring your car.)
If your vehicle is NOT registered with ACT you can still get the HEAT stickers at the substations, but you must bring your vehicle, proof of ownership (title, registration) and a list of authorized drivers to complete the registration. (Again, please call the substation first.)
ON-LINE REGISTRATION : You may register your vehicle in the HEAT program ON-LINE, by using the special on-line enrollment form available through this page. Please be prepared to enter details concerning title, registration, list of authorized drivers, etc. when you fill out the on-line form.

Substation	Address	Phone
Central	515 S.Frio	207-7410
East	3635 E.Houston	207-7781
North	13030 Jones Maltsberger	207-8126
Prue (NW)	5020 Prue Rd.	207-7425
West	7000 Culebra	207-7420
South	711 W.Mayfield	207-8191

Click here to access ON-LINE H.E.A.T. ENROLLMENT.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the form to CANCEL or CHANGE your HEAT registration.

HEAT REGISTRATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE AT:

9823 Fredericksburg Road (Cambridge Auto Center)
6392 Babcock (Quick Lube)

The advantage of the HEAT program over the ACT program, which was just within San Antonio, is that law enforcement officers throughout Texas, including officers at Texas-Mexico border crossings, are on the lookout for HEAT stickers between 1 am and 5 am, and the data concerning "authorized drivers" is available to the officers on a statewide computer system. In addition, if you request on your HEAT registration form, officers can be authorized to stop your vehicle and check for authorized drivers 24 hours a day at border crossings.