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Don’t get Grinched!
Posted December 11th, 2009 by alexSecure your home because burglars like presents too.
Each year our cities glow with rows of apartments stuffed with presents like garlands of stockings hanging on mantels. These are the sugar plum visions that dance in the heads of expert burglars. This year reports of Christmas gift burglaries have already begun and are expected to only get worse as Christmas draws near. To ward of these grinches, Simplisafe is releasing a Starter Kit package of its apartment security system, helping apartment renters and owners keep their gifts where they belong, under the tree. The new package is $199.99 and makes it easy to give--or get--peace of mind this holiday season.
Police Chief report: O-C-T-O-B-E-R 1st spells burglary
Posted September 25th, 2009 by MelinaAccording to a study performed by Police Chief Tom Casady, many burglaries in his city have historically occurred on September 30 and October 1. His Crime Analysis Unit suggested that the large number of tenants moving in and out around the first of the month could provide cover for a "couple of blokes wrestling with a TV," and that someone carrying a box or laundry basket through the hallway or parking lot would not attract much attention. The data supports this theory, with a near doubling of reported apartment burglaries on the first of the month versus any other day:
Apartment Burglaries by day of month (Jan-1-200 through Oct-15-2008)
Summer in the City: A Recipe for a Rise in Home Invasions
Posted August 9th, 2009 by Chad
Ingredients: Mix together some heat, a dash of school vacation, an empty apartment and a pinch of overly revealing status updates on social media sites (“@all I’m on vacation! Yay 2 weeks off!”) and we’re all served up a rise in home invasions.
It’s food for thought: according to FBI crime statistics, more crimes are reported in July and August—the hottest months of the year.
Now the issue is more relevant than ever, as the newly minted social-media world is making it very easy for crooks to target empty homes.
