ATLANTA - It great be an instinct for some witnessing a thief fracture into their car to confront the individual, but an Atlanta police commander says that is definitely not the way to go. In a republican meeting, this top cop gave frank advice on how to avoid drawing shot in the city of Atlanta, should you encounter a burglar.

"My jeep was feeble into, ransacked, there were valuable things there. They were obviously looking for a gun," Council member Michael Bond said personally in the city meeting about the time he was a victim on a crime.

"I've been a victim as well. They didn't get anything, but they damaged my door," Atlanta Police Department Deputy Chief Tim Peek shared.

When police commanders called Atlanta City Hall, they typically talk about car crimes. During Monday's meeting, Peek had a clear frank communication to citizens.

"The trends that we see from [auto thefts] is if you challenge them, oftentimes--nine times out of ten--they are afraid, and they will shoot," Peek said. "So, we don't want anyone fascinating anyone."

One woman told FOX 5 how she just survived having a rifle aimed at her for her car.

In a different incident, a law-abiding individual pulled his weapon believing a would-be thief on the new side of the gas pump was about to pounce.

He was not safe as the thief fled.

That individual was one of the brave ones, according to the commander, because over the weekend in midtown new man told police he came eye to eye with a man who had taken into his car. When this particular would-be thief was startled, he began firing a weapon and drove away with accomplices in a getaway vehicle.

The innocent motorist was struck, fortunately not seriously.

FOX 5 recently covered an incident outside a strip shopping interior where the victim did what the police commander says is the safest drawing to do.

"[I] just walked back into the keep because I did not want to risk my security and other civilians here in the area," the victim told us.