Good evening. My name is officer Jenkins. Thanks for inviting me tonight. OK, know, there have been a number so, as you of break-ins recently in your neighborhood, and even though it's true that there's been very little violent crime, um, especially compared to other parts of the city, burglary and car theft are both up in this area. Let me give you some statistics. OK, a year ago there were
48 burglaries in your area; this year it's gone up to 60 so far, and the number of car thefts has almost doubled, too. Now, I'm not here to try to scare you. What I want to do tonight is to give you some simple suggestions that will make your homes and automobiles safe. OK? So first of all, let's talk about lights outside the house. If you live in a house, you need to have lights both in the front of your house and in the back, and be sure to turn on those lights at night. In my opinion this is the most important thing you can do to prevent burglaries. Next, let's talk about lights inside the house. It's Woman in Audience: Excuse me, what about apartments? I mean, I live in an apartment building Police Orcer: Yeah, good question. If you live in an apartment building, you want to have. good, bright lighting in the garage, the hallways, and by the door to your apartment. If a light is broken, don't ignore it. Report it to your manager immediately. And whether you live in
a house or an apartment, it's a good idea automatic timers lights. to put on your You know a timer is, right? It's like a clock that what turns on your lights automatically, so it looks like someone is home even if you're out. Are y with me on that? All right, then the next topic I want to discuss is locks. First of all, forget cheap locks 'cause they're not safe. Every door in your place should have a deadbolt um, a deadbolt at s-least one inch thick. Also, there are special locks you can buy for your windows. By the way, did you know that in half of all burglaries, 50 percent, the burglars enter through unlocked doors or windows? I'm telling you, even in a peaceful neighborhood like this, where you know all your neighbors, you have to get into the habit of keeping your windows and doors locked. Part 2 Police orcer: OK, now let's move on and talk about how you can prevent car theft. First, if you have a garage, use it for your car, not for your ping pong table! But important thing seriously, the most obvious is I hope this is them you've got valuables in the car, hide seat in the trunk.
Don't leave them out on the seat, not even for five minutes! Last week we got a report from a guy who left his laptop on the car seat while he ran in to buy a cup of coffee. When he came back it was gone. The ier just broke the car window and reached in and took it. And also... Man in Audience: What about a car alarm? Police omen: Wei, most research shows that noisy alarms don't do anything to prevent car theft. It's better to have the kind of device thieves can see, like a lock on your steering wheel. But the best thing of all is just to lock your car and keep valuables out of sight.Aay All right. Now my last point is what you, as neighbors, can do to help each other. The main thing is that when you go on vacation, ask someone to watch your house for you, to collect your mail. take in your newspaper, stuff like that. Also, if you see something unusual, like a strange van or truck in your neighbor's driveway, or people carrying furniture out, don't go out there and try to it. Just call stop the police! And one more thing. Each of you should put this Neighborhood Watch decal-
this picture right here of the man in a coat looking over his shoulder in your front window. This tells criminals that this area has a Neighborhood watch and that someone might be watching them. OK, are there any questions? Man in Audience: Yeah, there's something I want to know Do you think it's a good idea to keep a gun in the house? Police Orcer: Well now, that is a very complicated question. I think that it's bad idea a to have a gun in your house, especially if you have kids. Thousands of people die in gun accidents each year in this country. So, in my opinion, it's just not safe to have a gun in your house. But of course it is legal to have a gun, if that's what you want. Just make sure you get the proper license and that you take a course in gun safety, OK? All right. Anything else?
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