WHAT THEY SAY
SUMMER IS NEARLY UPON US.
IS YOUR HOME. APPROVAL YOU'RE
ON VACATION?
GOT TOUCH WITH CONVICTED
BURGLARS CURRENTLY IN PRISON TO
FIND OUT WHAT THEY THOUGHT WERE
THE EASIEST TARGETS, WHAT WERE
THE BIGGEST DETERRENCE, AND HOW
YOU CAN PROTECT YOUR HOME.
ALWAYS LOCK YOUR OUTSIDE SCREEN
DOOR.
YOU'VE HEARD IT BEFORE, IF
YOU ARE NOT HOME, KEEP YOUR
PORCH LIGHT ON, OR YOUR TV ON.
DOES THAT REALLY DETER
BURGLARS?
I MAILED QUESTIONNAIRES TO 53
CONVICTED BURGLARS.
THEY ALSO THE LIGHTS ON DID NOT
STOP THEM.
THEY BROKEN HOWEVER THEY COULD,
KICK IN A DOOR, SMASH A WINDOW,
OR FIND A KEY.
IF THEY GO THROUGH WINDOW,
THEY HURT THEMSELVES.
THEY WOULD RATHER RISK KICKING
IN THE DOOR THEN BREAKING
WINDOW.
I WENT OUTSIDE LOOKING FOR
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY.
WHAT IS THE EVERYTHING LOOKING
FOR?
JEWELRY OR CASH.
WERE COMPUTERS.
ANYTHING SMALL THAT THEY CAN
GRAB.
THEY CAN THROW IN A BAG OR
PILLOWCASE AND BE GONE WITH IT.
INMATES AGREE.
THE NUMBER ONE THING THEY LOOK
TO STEAL HIS CASH.
ONE HIM HE TOLD US AT THE PLACE
LOOKS FOR VALUABLES IS THE
CLOSET.
ANOTHER SAID EVERYWHERE, FROM
THE KITCHEN CABINETS TO THE
FREEZER, VENTS, EVEN TRASH
CANS.
DO MOST BURGLARS GOING THE
BACK DOOR THE FRONT DOOR?
MOST CAN THE BACK DOOR.
THEY ARE NOT SEEN FROM THE
ROADWAY OR THE NEIGHBORS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE OFFICER SUGGESTS
INSTALLING MOTION LIGHTS.
WHAT ARE THE KEY THINGS ARE
LOOKING FOR?
FIRST NOT TO SEE IF ANYONE
HIS HOME.
THEY TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR TO
SEE IF ANYONE IS IN.
THE SECURITY SIGN ON THE DOOR
DID NOT STOP THEM.
THEY DID SAY THAT THEY WOULD
LEAVE IF THE ALARM WENT OFF.
HOW ABOUT SECURITY CAMERAS?
WE ALWAYS REQUEST A SECURITY
CAMERA.
YOU CAN BUY ECONOMICAL
CAMERAS EVERYWHERE AND IS
SELLING YOURSELF.
THIS ONE, YOUR DOORBELL BECOMES
A CAMERA AND A SPEAKER.
SOME APPROACHES YOUR DOOR, YOU
LEARN YOUR PHONE.
YOU CAN SEE THEM AND TALK TO
THEM WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO
THE DOOR.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE HOME, BUT
THEY DO NOT NEED TO KNOW THAT.
WE PUT SECURITY CAMERAS UP,
MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE PLACED
IN THE RIGHT PLACES.
WHERE YOU HAVE A DOOR THAT IS
USED THE MOST IS WHAT I WOULD
SAY.
FRONT, SIDE, OR IF YOU HAVE
ENOUGH CAMERAS, PUT IT AT THE
BACK DOOR.
A LOT OF CRIMINALS USE THE
GLASS DOORS.
I RECOMMEND PUTTING A
BROOMSTICK OR SOME KIND OF
HANDLE THAT WHEN THEY OPEN IT,
THEY CANNOT GET IT ALL THE WAY
OPEN.
OFFICER LEE SUGGESTED
GETTING A DOG.
WHEN INMATE TOLD US THAT IT
MADE HIM THINK TWICE.'S --
BECAUSE A BARKING DOG ATTRACTS
ATTENTION.
BUT HE SAID THAT IF I WANT TO
GO IN, I WILL BEFRIEND YOUR DOG
OR KILL IT IF I HAD TO.
OFFICER LEE SAYS BE PROACTIVE.
YOU RECOMMEND SECURITY
CAMERAS, LOW BUSHES?
LIGHTS?
GOOD LIGHTS?
GOOD LOCKS.
MAKE SURE THAT YOUR TRASHCAN IS
NOT LEFT ON THE CURB AND THE
POST OFFICE HOLD YOUR MAIL.
MAKE YOUR HOME VISIBLE.
THIS IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED.
IF YOU CRAWLSPACE, SURE YOU






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