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[ECBG]

Very interesting!

A robber in interviewed by news correspondent.  

What did you learn?

https://www.aol.com/video/view/how-to-prevent-your-home-from-being-burglarized-veteran-thief-tells-a...

[Goldengate8361]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting. I'm actually guilty of not always empting my mailbox.....I need to change that habit. I honestly can't believe that some people don't lock their door or fully close and latch their windows. That's shocking to me.

[proudlyfromNJ]

My husband leaves the bedroom window open quite often at night. In the summer I leave the back door open during the day. No one back there to see it. 

[Skididdy]

Thank you so much for posting this.

Such an interesting interview.  Makes you become more aware and much more pro active in your families safety when you think about the little things that can be done to hopefully deter a thief !  THANKS AGAIN

[mac116]

We were burglarized during the day.  Two neighbors thought things were ODD, but did not confront or call police.  We all learned a lesson that day.

[Citrine1]

Having a dog in the house has always made me feel pretty secure.  

[eddyandme]

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@Citrine1 wrote:

Having a dog in the house has always made me feel pretty secure.  

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You are so right!  Years ago, I had just adopted my beautiful English Lab.  She had lived here for about a month and when she first came here used to make the rounds at nite going from room to room chasing the wildlife away:  she wouldn't allow them within a certain perimeter around the house.  

One nite between 3-4 a.m. she furiously jumped out of bed barking/growling bigtime at the backdoor.  Half out of it, I got up and saw her in attack mode at the kitchen door.  My loving girl had suddenly become an attack dog - very scary looking!  Unable to see what was outside (the mudroom juts out), I eventually went and turned on every lite at the other end of our home.  Shortly thereafter the barking stopped and she layed down, yet ready to pounce, constantly looking towards the door and kitchen windows.  The following week on the front page of the town paper someone had been broken into on the street behind the woods. Feeling guitly, called PD to ascertain if it was one of the houses behind us.  It wasn't, it was on the other end of that street.  However, it was within roughly same timeframe.  When PD asked why I didn't call them, I explained that I thought it was a deer or a bear at the backdoor.  Nothing happens in this area, but I guess it was dumb not to call.  Anyways, they told me to call whenever she barked differently again.  Guess it always pays to call PD when anything strange happens.  And, guess my girl saved us from a breakin!  I "saved" her, but she really "saved" me in more ways than one!

Someone else told me that burglars are more apt to avoid a house with a dog than a house with an alarm system!

[Nightowlz]

I already knew all that. They used to have a show on TV I think it was called It Takes A Thief. Guys that used to be thieves broke into houses to show how easy it was then showed the homeowner how to secure their homes.

You will NEVER FIND AN UNLOCKED DOOR OR WINDOW IN MY HOUSE. I'm a fanatic about that. I have even locked the door behind me & locked myself out. LOL!!! 

I lock the door behind DH because he's not as fanatic about keeping the doors locked as I am.

There was a guy that robbed a store about 1/4 mile from here. He was on foot in our neighborhood trying to find an unlocked door to get in the home away from the police. He was in our back yard. My doors were locked. He jumped the fence.

I do keep my car in the garage. I'm not leaving it out in the weather to rot.

I'm going to buy a Ring Bell HD or Sky Bell HD that way I can see what's going on out front.

[software]

It amazes me how clueless people can be about locking doors & windows.

A co worker told me a while back her husband purchased her a small gun for protection.   She's going to leave it in her car, she drives a lot.   

Then she commented "I guess I need to start locking my door when I park"

What do you say?

I didn't see the video but many acts of crime are crimes of opportunity.    You leave your car unlocked ONE time, or a door or your kid leaves his bike in the yard, just ONE time.   You leave your handbag unattended for a minute in a shopping cart or a chair in a restaurant.   (I never put my bag on the floor)

I have some friends who live in a subdivision nearby and it's constant.   It seems every night something gets stolen off someone's property or out of a car.

I see news reports all the time about people reporting they lost their wallet, laptop, cell phone.  How?   Left it in their car with the doors unlocked.

[Snoopp]

I was surprised to learn many people leave their cars unlocked with the key fob inside.   Never do this.