The burglary of a house at Regatta Waters in the last week highlighted a security ‘flaw’ of many modern homes, automatic garage door openers. Criminals know this and will either break into cars looking for garage door openers (which they did in this instance) or will drive around with a number of garage door openers, to find a house they can get into. The problem is compounded by the fact there are only a small number of electronic signal combinations and garage door opener manufacturers. There are a couple of relatively simple methods of improving your household security:
The suggestions won’t stop the risk of your house being burgled through the garage, but by following the steps above you have ‘target hardened’ your home. Acting Senior Sergeant Andrew LAKE 6695 Service Operational Procedures, Police Headquarters, |
Saturday, 29 September 2012
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Last night we had a very successful meeting and learnt a lot about snakes, their habits and what to do when you have them on your properties. Tony Harrison bought an Eastern Brown and a Red Bellied Black with him.
Below is an alert from Oxenford Neighbourhood Watch I thought may be of interest. The garage remote is being used a lot in robberies lately.
A family at Oxenford was broken into last night (sometime after 11pm and before 5am - Mon 24th/25th Sept) while at home. Their car was parked at the front of the property and its window smashed. The offenders used the garage door remote to open the garage - from that and stole their red HSV - V8 Commodore. The offenders also ran-sacked the downstairs of the house while 2 parents and 4 children aged between 6 and 17 slept upstairs. The thieves took a laptop, GPS, iPod and other equipment. If you saw or heard anything, please call Crimestoppers 1800 333 000. |
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