As promised, here is some more information from our meeting. Trish Curulli from the 122's Crime Prevention Unit offered us these suggestions for safeguarding your house:
1. Make sure your doors and door frames are solid.
2. Your locks should be a dead bolt with a highly pick resistant cylinder. You should protect the cylinder with a guard plate and use a licensed locksmith.
3. Make sure the locks on your windows work... and that you use them.
4. Motion-sensitive lighting around the perimeter of your house is very effective.
5. Use timers in the house with variable times.
6. Shrubbery should not obstruct your view from inside or outside.
7. Air conditioners should be secured to the window opening so they cannot be pulled out or pushed in.
8. If your garage is attached to your house, treat it just as securely.
9. Alarms can be helpful... but only if they are activated.
You can also get your valuable possessions, such as, televisions and laptops, etched so they are identifiable as yours. Call 718-667-2266 to make arrangements.
And you can have a survey done of your house to identify potential security risks.
Lastly, as we have said many, many times, if you see something, say something. Call the 122 Precinct desk at 718-667-2241 to report your concern.
> Joe Markowski
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Joe, you mentioned that a security camera captured the burgulars at one of the break-ins. Is the video or still shots available so that maybe someone in the neighborhood might take a look and recognize the bad guys?
ReplyDeleteHere's the link to a photo from the Advance-
ReplyDeleteThe burglary suspect