Five More Things Your Friendly Burglar Wants to Tell You

Here are five tips from the Los Angeles Police Department on things you can do to prevent burglaries. They call it: five things your friendly burglar wants to tell you.

1. The two things I hate most: loud dogs and nosy neighbors.

2. I'll break a window to get in, even if it makes a little noise. If your neighbor hears one loud sound, he’ll stop what he's doing and wait to hear it again. If he doesn’t hear it again, he'll just go back to what he was doing. It's human nature.

3. I'm not complaining, but why would you pay all that money for a fancy alarm system and leave your house without setting it?

4. I love looking in your windows. I'm looking for signs that you're home, and for flat screen TVs or gaming systems I'd like. I'll drive or walk through your neighborhood at night, before you close the blinds, just to pick my targets.

5. Avoid announcing your vacation on your Facebook page. It's easier than you think to look up your address.

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