Abstract: An invention is disclosed to make vehicles more secure. The disclosed system uses an intrusion subsystem to determine whether an intruder has entered a vehicle. If the intrusion subsystem detects an intruder, the identification subsystem can capture an identifying characteristic of the intruder through the use of an identification sensor. The identification sensor can be configured to consume no power until activated by a determination by the intrusion subsystem that an intruder has entered a vehicle. After an identifying characteristic has been captured by the identification subsystem, a response subsystem can be used by the system to generate a communication to a receiver outside the vehicle. That communication can include the identifying characteristic of the intruder. Such a communication can be received by private and government-run security centers. In some embodiments of the system, the identification sensor is a video camera that is used by an airbag deployment process.