Nah, my house just looks poor Jim. I think they feel sorry for me and pass it by.seamusTX wrote:They wouldn't know that until they broke in, would they?Also, don't underestimate what thieves will steal. In the mid-1990s there was a lot more petty theft around here. Someone stole our Rubbermaid trash cans, which cost maybe $10 each at the hardware store. We could not leave anything out overnight. It would be gone in the morning.Keith B wrote:Maybe I haven't been hit 'cause I don't have anything worth stealing.
My wife had an old bicycle that she never really liked to begin with. It had two flat tires. I put it out in the alley. It was gone inside 15 minutes.
- Jim
Actually, as you may remember, I have been the victim of a vehicle break-in in the drive and several post attempts of kids trying the car doors and not succeeding. Know of the events because of the security camera footage. I even chased one set down and got their license number. Also, in one of the videos, by daughter's boyfriend recognized one of the group of kids (not the one that tried the door) and told him to pass the word around that I had a camera and that I had direct contact to a Plano detective. Funny, don't even see kids walking the alley any more.
The burglaries of homes in our neighborhood were specifically targeting Asian (Indian and Chinese) homes. They caught the individuals. It was a gang of Colombians out of Houston that were up here in Plano. They seemed to be targeting the homes because of the Indian and Asian jewelry, brass and other pawnable/fencable items that they could easily pile up and carry out. They would wait for the homeowner to leave and break out the back door glass. Even if there was an alarm, unless they had it armed and equipped with motion or glass breakage sensors, they would not activate the alarm that way.
As for my house, I think there are several deterrents from the daytime robberies. Number one is I have two very yappy dogs. Also have newer well-kept alarm signs in the yard, and updated stickers on windows or doors. There are also a lot of my close neighbors that are actively coming and going during the day in our alley and it ends in a cul-de-sac, so easier to get cornered if the police show up.
Bottom line, while I am not immune, anything you can do to increase the risk factor of them getting discovered and caught means your house goes down on the potential hit list and they will move on to another easier target.
And Excaliber beat me on the last part.
