you know these days if you're lucky enough to get all your packages and presents inside your home away from the porch pirates it doesn't mean they're safe you may not know it but your home might be looking pretty good to burglars while gray shows us how to make sure the bad guys go somewhere else have you ever been burgled what's this guy looking for the average burglar spends 3 to 5 minutes in your home and he wants jewelry cash or small items as fast as possible the burglar is careful to make sure you're not home
running into you complicates the caper so what can we do to make sure this guy doesn't rob our house we want our home to look like somebody is home leave a car in the driveway yeah you have an extra vehicle when your trash cans when your trash stays done make sure you take those trash cans Ian because trash cans that are left out kind of indicate that someone's not home and not if someone's not caring for the house right also with newspapers if you're out of town for a long time and your newspapers are piling
up on the stoop sure it's a pretty good indication that no one's coming and going in the house ok also you know have your yard manicured now we have a yard here that looks like it probably hasn't been mowed for a while where is that show maybe that that nobody's possibly home you always want to look the house like at somebody's home right on the outside don't leave clues you're not home and on the inside leave a radio on during the day or get a dog here's some statistics last year home theft claims from State
Farm Insurance California by far and away number one in the country almost 5000 more than second place Texas followed by Illinois Georgia and Ohio according to Sacramento police most home break-ins occur in the middle of the day between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. burglars know that generally people who live in the home are at work and the kids are at school maybe you've seen people driving a car around that aren't usually in your neighborhood they're looking in your driveway or circling around are you suspicious they could be casing your house timing a burglary you know
what your neighbors drive generally or at least what looks normal take a picture from a distance if you can jot down the license plate even if you can't get the whole license plate a partial license plate with the technology that law enforcement has now is extremely valuable to us and one last startling statistic if you've been robbed before chances increase that the burglar will hit you again he now knows the layout of your home and that you're likely to replace the items he stole originally that also puts your neighbors at higher risk for break-in 2
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