Re: Protect Your Keys

Porcelain · ‎02-19-2014

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
@jlkz

Several years ago our company held a women's safety and self defense lecture, given by the Beverly Hills Police Dept. (One of the top police departments in the country).

One of the best tips I got from that lecture was to never, EVER put your keys in your purse! Not only are you vulnerable in the parking lot fishing around for your keys, but if your purse is stolen, they not only have your wallet with address on your drivers license, but they have your KEYS to get into your house.

The safer thing to do, they said, is always have your keys in your pocket or hands, never the purse. As a result, I keep my keys in my pants or blazer pockets ... never my purse. If my purse was stolen, at least I can still drive home and call my credit card companies.

Another thing that made sense to me from that lecture is never carry a handbag with two straps ... like the shorter elbow crook length and the longer shoulder bag length. It is easy for a purse snatcher to run up behind you, push you to the ground and grab the longer danging strap, and run like heck.

By the time you have gotten to your feet, the burglar is a block away and still running. They called that handbag style "the purse snatcher's dream".

I have a key hook keychain for my puse. I just keep it hooked inside my puse and I always know where my keys are. The quatrefoil design shows outside the purse while the keys dangle inside. Works great. I used to have to rummage around a lot.

They call it a Finders Key Purse. (And to any burglars out there, that is NOT a picture of my keys.)

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Duckncover · ‎07-16-2021

I used to hook mine on the key ring that came on my handbag. Won't do that again. There seems to be nothing lowlife criminals won't do to try and take things from innocent people.
we just had a guy arrested after weeks of people being burglarized on the street behind me. The garages are behind the houses and open to an alley....the guy had learned to program a garage door opener remote so that it would open every garage door on the same alley. Lots of homeowners lost thousands of dollars worth of computer equipment, jewelry, etc. I hope he rots.