They messed up my house!

By Paul Alcock

What actually happened during the burglary!

Over the years, we have found there are two times when people buy a home security system: While a sales rep is sitting in front of them, and after they have been burglarized. 

We receive a lot of referrals from our customers and many of them are after they learn that a friend was a victim of a burglary. During the review of their needs, we ask about what happened during the burglary; what was taken, damaged, disturbed and left behind. Very often, the family recount not only the details that they figured out, but also the report that the police made after the burglary.

In one instance, the mother recanted how 'he was a Professional', and how 'he' broke in through the back door and  'he' went directly to the rooms where the valuables were stored, and then 'he' urinated on the carpet in the living room. Pretty awful events to live with.

Then we offered our interpretation of the burglary:

• Probably not 'Professionals' - Pros tend to go for the really high end properties where they know they will find extremely high value jewelry and valuable collections.
• There were probably two or three of them, and most likely they were kids/teenagers or drug addicts.
• They probably coerced one kid to help them, they need someone to lookout for people arriving at the house. That kid probably had never done anything like this before, and got spooked and probably peed in his pants, and that's the source of the urine on the floor.
• Even the young kid that breaks into a home knows that you don't go in through the front door! Anyone might see you. No, they normally break in around a secluded side or back door. If there is a sliding glass door, that is their first choice of entry.
• Once inside the house, they would quickly look for anyone at the home and for ways out! Just in case someone does arrive. 
• Then they will head to the master bedroom. That's where most home owners keep their jewelry, cash, and guns!
• Off the master bedroom they will look in the master bathroom for drugs, especially high level pain killers.
• They'll look in the closet, an obvious hiding place for more valuables, they'll also probably joked about the lingerie they found there too.
• The bedside drawers will be pulled open, they are looking for weapons and jewelry, but they find lots of other personal stuff there too.
• Before they leave, they'll check the living room for easy to grab electronics; Video recorders, Cameras, Video game controllers too. But don't think that big flat screen TV is safe! They probably have a buddy waiting in a car on the end of a cell phone, and he will pull up in front of the house, everyone pile in with whatever they can carry and they are off!
• They were probably in the home for about an hour, undetected, the memories of the burglary will probably last a lifetime.

Most homes require a unique solution to their alarm needs, we take the time to determine the most appropriate solution that fits in the home owners budget and meets their protection needs. If you would like us to provide a no-obligation review of your family's alarm system needs, then please contact us.

Have you been the victim of a burglary?

The more we learn about what happened during a burglary, the better we can protect homes and families, so please let us know what happened.

Thanks.

Paul Alcock

ACT Security 

954-956-7070