{"id":8633,"date":"2013-04-11T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.signs.com\/blog\/?p=8633"},"modified":"2021-11-09T10:26:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T17:26:17","slug":"the-burglar-deterrent-everyone-should-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.signs.com\/blog\/the-burglar-deterrent-everyone-should-have\/","title":{"rendered":"The Burglar Deterrent Everyone Should Have"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Burglar<\/a><\/p>\n

Spring is here and you\u2019re loving the blooming tulips, the longer daylight hours and especially the warmer weather. Do you know who else is loving all this warm weather? Your friendly neighborhood burglar.<\/p>\n

During spring and summer months, burglaries increase as much as 200%. Police think that\u2019s due to two factors: first, burglars don\u2019t like to go out in the cold any more than the rest of us. And second, people love to leave their windows and doors open in the spring and summer. While burglaries in your neighborhood might increase during these next few months, there are a few things you can do to minimize your chances of a break in.<\/p>\n

10 scary facts about your neighborhood burglar:<\/h2>\n
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  1. He and others like him commit over 2 million burglaries every year.<\/li>\n
  2. He\u2019s between the ages of 17 and 25 and he\u2019s not a pro.<\/li>\n
  3. He\u2019s typically stealing your stuff to support his drug habit.<\/li>\n
  4. He is likely to use your front door to gain access. Back doors and windows, too.<\/li>\n
  5. He breaks in by kicking in your door, or using a pry bar or screwdriver.<\/li>\n
  6. He\u2019s in and out in as little as 10 minutes.<\/li>\n
  7. He\u2019s not likely to get caught; police solve only about 13% of home burglaries.<\/li>\n
  8. He usually breaks in between the hours of 10 am and 3 pm.<\/li>\n
  9. If you (or your kids) walk in on him, your odds of assault are high.<\/li>\n
  10. He\u2019s likely to case your home before breaking in.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The fact that he\u2019s casing your house is good news<\/h2>\n

    Your young, drug addicted neighborhood burglar doesn\u2019t want to try too hard. Unless you live in a multi-million dollar mansion, the pros aren\u2019t coming to your house; they don\u2019t want your laptop and Oxycontin prescription. Your guy is a bust-in-and-grab-stuff kind of guy; not a disarm-the alarm-system-and-tie-up-the-butler kind of guy. He doesn\u2019t have the same skills as the guys in the action movies, and he knows it.<\/p>\n

    So, burglar boy cases your neighborhood before he strikes so he can choose the low hanging fruit: houses with open windows, lots of shrubbery and secluded entry points.<\/p>\n

    What he doesn\u2019t like: dogs, alarm systems, entry points that are visible to the neighbors and passing cars.<\/p>\n

    The easiest way to prevent a burglary is to make the burglar think that your house is just too much work to break into.<\/p>\n

    Get a dog… or at least a sign with a dog on it.<\/h2>\n

    \"BewareOfDog\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    Burglars hate dogs. Not because they bite, but because they bark. Well, and sometimes they bite, too. Barking dogs annoy the neighbors, who look out their windows to see whose dogs are waking up their napping toddlers. And burglars don\u2019t like nosy neighbors to be paying attention to your house while they\u2019re busy going through your medicine \"BewareOfDog\"<\/a>cabinet.<\/p>\n

    If you have a dog, you\u2019re already less likely to be the victim of a burglary. But adding a sign telling<\/em> burglars that you have a dog is even better. And guess what? If you don\u2019t have a dog, you can still make burglars think that you do. Most burglars are going to see your dog sign<\/a> and not even think to question whether you really have a dog or not; they\u2019re just going to move on down the street to find someone without a dog (or a sign).<\/p>\n

    You don\u2019t need a big dog.<\/h2>\n

    Turns out, little dogs are actually more annoying than big ones. At least to a burglar (and maybe to other people, too, but that\u2019s beside the point). Little yappy dogs aren\u2019t as easily deterred from barking as bigger dogs. So your neighborhood burglar might really, really hate to see a sign like this:<\/p>\n

    \"BewareOfDog3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    Get an alarm system… or at least an alarm system sign.<\/h2>\n

    \"SecuritySystems\"<\/a>Guess what else amateur, drug addicted burglars hate? Alarm systems. They\u2019re so annoying and loud. If you have a system and your neighbors don\u2019t, guess whose house is more likely to be targeted?<\/p>\n

    The alarm companies don\u2019t want to admit this, but the signs they give you are often more effective than the actual alarm system. After all, most burglars aren\u2019t going to check to see if you really have an alarm\u2014they\u2019re going to assume that if you have a sign, you have an alarm. That\u2019s not to say that an alarm system is bad; they certainly have many advantages. But if you don\u2019t have the money for an alarm system, a sign is a less expensive option and often almost as effective.<\/p>\n

    Get a surveillance camera… or at least a surveillance camera sign.<\/h2>\n

    \"video-surveillance-sign-1\"<\/a>For some reason, burglars tend to be camera-shy. They\u2019ll pass up a house with a few cameras installed near doors and windows. You can actually buy a decent camera for less than $100, but if you don\u2019t want to spend the time and money installing one, a sign can almost as effective.<\/p>\n

    Other Quick and Easy Tips<\/h2>\n

    A few other things to do to make your home look less attractive to burglars:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • Trim bushes and trees, especially around doors and windows.<\/li>\n
    • Keep doors and windows locked.<\/li>\n
    • Install deadbolts and heavy-duty strike plates.<\/li>\n
    • Change the locks when you move into a new home or apartment.<\/li>\n
    • Organize a neighborhood watch\u2014and advertise its existence everywhere.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      What Does He Want?<\/h2>\n

      If you do fall victim to a burglary, you may be able to mitigate your losses by hiding or locking up the items your burglar is after.<\/p>\n

      Prescription drugs.<\/strong> Particularly painkillers and ADHD medication; these can be quickly sold on high school and college campuses.<\/p>\n

      Laptops, tablets, phones and iPods.<\/strong> The small, valuable electronics you have sitting around your house don\u2019t require heavy lifting and they\u2019re quick and easy to sell.<\/p>\n

      Cash.<\/strong> Don\u2019t leave it sitting out, or put it in obvious places, like your top dresser drawer or desk drawers.<\/p>\n

      Credit cards, checks, social security cards, passports.<\/strong> You know that little built-in desk in your kitchen? It\u2019s your burglar\u2019s favorite spot to raid because it\u2019s where you put all your important documents. They\u2019re easy for you to access… and they\u2019re easy for him to access, too. This is particularly bad because the trauma of your burglary won\u2019t just end when he takes your stuff. Your financial and personal documents make it possible for him to steal your identity (or sell the stuff to someone else who will) and you can spend months trying to undo the damage.<\/p>\n

      Guns.<\/strong> If they\u2019re not under lock and key, they\u2019re easily found under your bed or mattress or in your nightstand drawer. They\u2019re not going to protect you from the burglar, because you usually aren\u2019t even home when he breaks in. Even worse\u2014your stolen gun is likely to be used during the commission of a crime, according to police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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