Security101

I thought this would be an interesting topic!

We have seen a tremendous increase in crime especially burglaries, home invasions, auto theft, theft from autos, copper theft, graffiti, vandalism, owner arson, etc - etc...

As an alarm company we are always trying to protect people from these and other violations so we follow these statistics all the time. It's amazing how different it is now compared to just last year.

I think the economy, of course, has caused a lot of the issues as were seeing good-guys becoming bad-guys because they lost their jobs (mama and the kids are hungry - dad does what he has to do)

Here in Indiana we lost 16,500 jobs in July alone! We are heavy in the RV, trailer, camper industry, and all the companies feeding them with parts.

How are things in your neck of the woods...

Jim

Here's another thought, a couple weeks back, while sitting on my front porch on our county road, I noticed 6 nine to eleven year old boys walking into the neighborhood across from us - all wearing red t shirts to their knees (future bad-guys)...

ChillaWatt

Lots of scumbags stealing copper around here. They hit churches and schools overnight. I think it's a result of the cost of copper and how much recycling centers are buying it back for. I've heard of legislation that would require recyclers to pay by check instead of cash and requiring IDs so that it can be traced back to the perp. Darn I was just at the state DOJ, I could have asked about local crime stats. I think they are actually down in my neighborhood. One correction, good-guys don't become bad-guys. Good-guys just find other, legal ways to put bread on the table.