10/18/12 Burglary on Marble Way
10/16/12 Robbery on Lincoln Drive
What You Can Do To Protect Yourself and Your Home:
- The first step is to harden the target or make your home more difficult to enter. Remember, the burglar will simply bypass your home if it requires too much effort or requires more skill and tools than they possess.
- Be a good neighbor. Get to know your neighbors, communicate often, help each other out and establish trust. Developing good relationships with those around you helps make the whole neighborhood safer through active vigilant observation.
- Set up lighting interior and exterior on timers and/or motion detectors. Exterior lighting needs to bright enough for you to see 100-feet and it helps if you can identify colors. Good lighting is definitely a deterrent to criminals because they don't want to be seen or identified.
- Alarm systems definitely have a place in a home security plan and are effective, if used properly. The reason why alarms systems deter burglaries is because they increase the potential and fear of being caught and arrested by the police. The deterrent value comes from the alarm company lawn sign and from the alarm decals on the windows.
- Be aware of suspicious activities or persons in your neighborhood and call law enforcement anytime something seems "off". Keep important numbers on your refrigerator for easy use and stored in your cell phone if you have one, for easy use.
(some information taken from Chris E. McGoey, CPP, CSP, CAM)
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