Let it be known and publicly stated right here and right now that I love law enforcement. Even though I’ve been pulled over for various vehicular infractions, but I’m not bitter. I’ve encountered officers of the law that may have taken themselves a bit too seriously, but I’ve meet plenty of flight attendants who fit the same profile. We are all just humans trying to get through this thing called life. It’s all good.

In Fort Wayne Indiana the local Police Department responded to a string of home burglaries that they are calling ‘crimes of opportunity’ and offer suggestions on how homeowners can prevent themselves from becoming victims of such crimes.

Some of the burglaries occur while people are sleeping in their homes. They burglars were reported coming in through unsecured doors and windows. I don’t know where you live but in many parts of the country people don’t lock their doors because they don’t want to be “paranoid” I don’t know how lock your door can make you mentally ill. Maybe they know something I don’t.

One of the cops was quoted saying “Because they, (the homeowner), made it easier on the suspect or suspects to get into their home, it became a crime of opportunity. Whereas maybe those homes that were more secure, the suspect may have even gone to those homes and didn’t choose them because they were more secure, presenting more risk to him or her.” This is why I love law enforcement. Because of officials t like this guy who speak in common sense.

Be in charge of your home security:

Keep doors locked day and night and every time you leave your home.

Use wide-angle peepholes

Make sure glass is reinforced so they cannot be shattered.

Doors from attached garages must be solid and locked

Lock the overhead garage door – do not just rely on an automatic door opener.

Sliding glass doors should have strong locks.

Never leave a message on your voicemail or social media that indicates you are away.

Trim all shrubbery near doors and windows.

Use timed interior lights and outdoor timed or motion lights

Never leave a garage door opener inside your vehicle.

Install security cameras that can be remotely monitored.

Install a home alarm system monitored by an alarm company and the police.

Robert Siciliano personal security expert to Home Security Source discussing burglar proofing your home on Fox Boston. Disclosures.

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Comment by tacker clarson on September 14, 2010 at 1:17am: Getting robbed is an awful feeling and makes you think that you could have done more to prevent it. Only after, you start to consider that security is more than a simple issue. It is a big one.
Talking security takes more than locking doors and windows when you leave home. There are lots of other things to consider like back and front yard, inside and outside lightning, alarms and safes.
Last summer I lost my laptop and was told by law enforcement officers that I would have to bid on my own laptop at auction unless I could prove the item belonged to me. Luckily my brother in law got me a Ghostprint kit for my birthday and my laptop was one of the first items I marked.
http://secure-your-valuables.com/
I hope it will be useful
The officers returned my laptop after providing them with the details of my invisible Ghostprint mark, saving me potentially having to buy my own laptop again!

Comment by Mihkel N. on August 12, 2010 at 1:56am: In my country it's unthinkable and foolish not to lock your doors. But I guess in the US it's different?

I know that "everyone knew everyone" thing, my dad once told me that in the old days, when he lived in a small city everyone knew everyone, no-one robbed anyone, everyone kept their doors unlocked (if someone even left for a longer time they'd kept the key under the doormat) and left the bicycles unlocked at the side of the street, without any guard. Times are different.

Comment by gypkap on August 11, 2010 at 9:36am: There's more to this.
Around 1964 when my aunt moved from Indianapolis to a small town in the cornfields 50 miles away, she had to do things differently. That included the "don't lock the door" rule, for starters.

Along with this, everyone knew everyone, but that also meant they knew everyone's life around them, so the town was more secure. Strangers were watched.

Next, her phone company didn't have dial phones, just the type with the crank and party lines (listen first before cranking the phone).

On the other hand, her neighbors and their kids were really nice, and visiting them for about three weeks was a really nice summer vacation. We had to help my aunt by picking and canning vegetables and fruit from her garden, but fresh tomatoes and green beans were our reward.

No I didn't learn to run a tractor, I was too young.

Comment by Robert Siciliano on August 11, 2010 at 4:26am: It is a strange cultural phenom that many dont lock their doors. But in the end, those that do aren't "paranoid" but better prepared.

Comment by gypkap on August 10, 2010 at 8:53pm: I'm originally from Indiana, though not from the rural areas.
The "Don't lock the Door" thing in Indiana (and nearby states) is because people in small towns leave the house door open in case someone is caught out by a storm and needs to get out of the weather (snow, rain, tornadoes, and so forth).
Few rural people (at least in older days) would steal from their neighbors...it's just not an issue.

Comment by Mihkel N. on August 5, 2010 at 1:32pm: For real? People don't lock their doors? How can you be paranoid if you lock your doors, lol. I NEVER leave the door open when I leave the house. It's like leaving a car's door open thinking that you're only going away for a 'second'.

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