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Home Security- Home
Invasion Threat Part-1
Recently there was an item on the
evening news that caught my ear. It was as story about how "home
invasions" were showing a dramatic increase this year over all
previous years. "Home Invasion" is a term police use when a suspect
enters a home with or without force and confronts the occupants to
commit a robbery and or other crimes such as assault, rape, torture
or even murder.
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"Home Invasion" is particularly
troubling because of the potential trauma it inflicts on the
occupants, parents and especially small children and the potential
threat of assault, rape, torture or even murder. To me it seems like
"home invasion" is much more intimidating than a regular burglary.
It is one thing to have your home burglarized when you are not
there. That is bad enough. But to have someone invade your home
while you are there brandishing a knife or gun brings the violation
up a notch to a whole new level.
Most police agencies and the FBI record the crime as a burglary or a
robbery so it is categorized the same as though the house were
unoccupied. This makes the crime impossible to track and eventually
to control.
Most burglaries occur during the day when the home is unoccupied.
Truth be told, most burglars do their homework and look for a home
that is to their liking i.e. it is not occupied and has no obvious
signs of a home burglar alarm system. Most burglars want to avoid
confrontation and violence-that is the absolutely last thing they
need or want.
"Home Invasion" burglary is different in the sense that the burglar
works at night and on the weekends when people are more likely to be
at home. This type of burglars' homework consists of following or
stalking older single men or women who have the profile of
"success". The potential victims might be flashy dressers, wear
expensive jewelry, drive an expensive car or live in an upscale
neighbor hood.
In part two we will discuss how to avoid being a victim and in a
worse case scenario what to do if you are a victim.
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