Break ins happen way more often than you think. As a p/o in an affluent Boston suburb, I can tell you that this entire area see's break ins daily. Very large trend right now. Perp gets dropped off in a neighborhood near a highway on/off ramp but off the beaten path. Perp goes door to door knocking until noone answers. Perp leaves area for a few and then comes back, goes around the back and either smashes a window in or pry's a screen or kicks the door in and takes whatever they can grab in a few minutes. Not even uncommon for the homeowner to interupt the brazen bastards. Dogs are okay but the crooks just let the dogs out, we find them roaming the neighborhood later in the day. Alarms are good, but by the time the central station calls the house, gets no answer then calls the point of contact and then calls the police, the house is empty. I am by far no alarm expert however, we have had good luck with the combination of a loud audible exterior alarm and cooperative neighbors. The alarm goes off and while the above mentioned events take place, an alert neighbor is getting a license plate, vehicle description, personal description and direction of travel as they flee the area. Not great for prevention but gives us a fighting chance to catch the perps. Its the only way. Anyone that thinks fingerprints and DNA are gonna catch the crooks and get their belongings back is on crack. CSI/Law and Order/Criminal minds etc are all TV shows and are not even remotely reality (although all good shows in case my wife is reading this).
BTW. all this is during broad daylight with amazing audacity.
My .02, how much applies to Winni, who knows, can't be too much different...
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