Tips for Preventing Home Robberies
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NEW YORK — Thousands of homes are broken into every summer and many of the robberies could have been prevented.
Crime consultant Ray Johnson gives some beat-the-thief tips in Family Circle magazine:
--Make your house look lived-in: Stop all deliveries. Ask a neighbor to pick up the mail, and use timers to operate your lights.
--Don’t give a burglar privacy: Light property with flood lights, trim hedges so windows can be seen from the street and install a loud alarm system.
--Check all locks: Make sure door hinge pins are inside the house.
--Dead bolt garage doors, and block both the top and bottom tracks of sliding glass doors.
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