Tamper resistant number plate screws will be fitted to vehicles at Mitre 10 Mega on Saturday by members of the Greerton Community Patrol.
For a gold coin donation the community patrol members begin fitting the tamper resistant screws at 9am.

Keith Carter getting tamper resistant. Photo by Tracy Hardy.

It's their major fundraiser so a good turnout will be appreciated, says Tauranga South Community patrol chairman Keith Carter.
Unprotected number plates are easy targets for petrol thieves, says Keith.
'As the price of fuel goes up, a lot of people are using stolen plates to get some cheap fuel. They flog the number plates and put them on their car.”
When the petrol thieves drive off without paying for the fuel, it is the stolen plate that is photographed by the service station security cameras.
Number plate theft is over in a minute says Keith. He recently saw a woman steal a plate and drive off. When he called it in, police said the getaway car was already wanted in connection with a drive-off.
There were recently three cars in the Tauranga South Community Patrol with number plates stolen. One from where it was parked on a property overnight.