“My concern is that the people driving erratically in these stolen vehicles out of the lot will run over one of the Carvana employees, will wreck into a civilian, or will crash into us,” explained Blue Mound Police Chief Dusty Steele.
“It got to where we would argue back and forth,” said Blue Mound Police Chief Dusty Steele. “We are a small department. We have one detective and she’s been absolutely overwhelmed with these Carvana cases.” So, in March 2021, Blue Mound police officers went onto Carvana’s lot and wrote 716 citations to the car retailer’s senior security official for violating the new city ordinance.