GUILDERLAND BEGINS ANTI-CAR THEFT PROGRAM.(Local)

Byline: Ilaina Jonas Staff writer

Police are making appointments to install bright-yellow reflective decals on cars to make them less attractive to car thieves.

The stickers, which will be installed on the rear window and rear passenger window, give police permission to pull over the car if it is on the road between 1 and 5 a.m., said Sgt. Mary Schmitz of the Guilderland Police Department.

In 1990, the state Legislature passed a law allowing cities and towns to distribute the Combat Auto Theft stickers. Guilderland became the first town in the Capital District to adopt the program, Schmitz said.

It works like this: car owners go to the …