I caught this in the Chronicle. The first session just started at the Federal Building downtown. There’s another session this Saturday and then three more after that.

FREE VIN ETCHING Preventing crime is always preferable to reacting to it after the fact, so Austin Police Department is hosting several workshops this summer in which you can have your vehicle identification number etched on your windshield. Doing so will make your car more easily identifiable and therefore less likely to be stolen.

• Thu., June 21, 10am-1pm: Federal Building, 300 E. Ninth.
• Sat., June 23, 10am-1pm: Target, 11220 FM 2222.
• Thu., June 28, 5-8pm: St. James Baptist Church, 3417 E. MLK.
• Wed., July 11, 10am-1pm: Wal-Mart, 9300 S. I-35.
• Sat., July 21, 10am-2pm: Dolores Catholic Church, 1111 Montopolis. 974-5017.