Well, it happened again! 

The house where my in-laws live is on a quiet little cul de sac street.  It has always been a stable, safe neighborhood, but lately there has been a rash of garage break ins.  They have lived there for 47 years...we arn't moving them with a bulldozer! 

It happened again during the week to the same neighbor.  In September of this year, 5 out of the 19 homes garages were broken into.  Some reports minor theft of returnable pop cans, boxes of trash bags and small items.  The one neighbor had $300.00 worth of tools stolen.  This happened at different times and gone unnoticed until the occupants of the property went to use a tools or turn in the pop cans. 

Then the news spread across the small neighborhood.  Time pasted and the scare had calmed down...but started all over again this past week.  Yup, The same neighbor who had his tools stolen was robbed again?  They broke into a garage service door during the night.  The neighbor had installed a padlock on his garage and they broke the lock, went in and stole over $300.00 more tools and other items.  Police and forensics were called in and not a print anywhere.  They are upset as you can imagine, plus the fact that they have 2 small children adds to their worries about safety.

I had mentioned to my in-laws when this had initially started that we should consider putting in a motion detector lights as a precaution.  They were concerned it would bother the neighbors and said no.  Now after this happened again, I told them the best gift I can give them was the security light to protect them.  I might even add a security camera, if they let me.  Nothing works better than a criminals picture for the police to find the person.  Hopefully getting the thief on camera will put an end to the problem.  Based on the types of items being taken I think it is someone with a drug habit or someone out of work and desperate. 

The neighborhood watch has increased it's efforts.  I sent a pamphlet on home security tips to all the local residents of the neighborhood.  This was well received with some thank-you phone calls.

I know it is a tough world nowadays, but we still have to protect our loved ones and what better way than with security lighting and a camera.

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