Burglarize Your Own Home

Is your home a potential target for a burglary? Why not find out by burglarizing it yourself. As soon as you finish reading this, go outside and start thinking like a burglar.

• No signs showing the homeowner has a security system installed – sweet!

• Check the doors and windows to see if they’re locked. Do sliders have bars in the tracks to prevent them from being opened? Hey, you could smash the window with the kid’s baseball bat lying on the lawn.

• Is the garage door open? If not, check to see if the door opener is on the visor of the car in the driveway – it’s probably not locked

• Maybe there’s a house key under the mat… or in the mailbox or plant pot. That’ll make the job easier.

• Are there lots of shrubs close to the house where you can hide?

• The curtains are open so crawl behind that shrub and peek through a window – see anything you’d like to steal? TV, stereo, computer, silver, jewelry, car keys?

• Check the kitchen window – maybe the family schedule is posted on the fridge so you’ll know when no one’s home – and look at all those prescription drug bottles on the counter!

• How about that ladder leaning against the shed or that tree limb that’s hanging over the roof – that’s a good way to get into the upstairs bedroom

Keep looking… trying to “break in” to your own home can be an eye opening experience. Remember, burglars know all the tricks and they want the easiest way in and the fastest way out – with all your stuff. Don’t give them the opportunity. Look at your house from a burglar’s point of view – day and night – and make as many changes as you can to keep them out!

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