This last Wednesday, there were several people casing our neighborhood for a crime of opportunity.
Yesterday, on my door, was a notice from the neighborhood association of an account of the incident.
One guy was walking door to door pausing 30-45 seconds per house, ringing door bells on our street.
Meanwhile, a vehicle with two people entered the alley behind our house and drove slowly, pausing between houses.
The police found the vehicle at a nearby apartment complex and are investigating whether they are connected to anything
in the neighborhood.
What I keep replaying is "Where the heck was I".
I work out of the house and the answer to that is that I was home at my desk as this happened at approximately 11:15 am.
There is no doorbell on the house so he would have had to knock, which definitely did not happen.
I also have two big dogs, so if he did approach the door, they would have barked and probably made him go to the next one.
They occasionaly bark during the day at passing dogs or whatever. So I would not have paid any attention to that.
I always keep a gun either in my desk, on my desk or on my hip. Coincidentally, I walked the dogs earlier that morning and
disarmed at my desk of the gun that I carry for dog walks so sitting on my desk was my G27 and XD45.
I keep looking at getting a camera and DVR for this very situation.
Between this incident and the thread running on the incident in Cedar Park, I am becoming much more aware of what is going on around me.