It is a set of basic guidelines, easy to adopt and that can be transferred to the people around us
The National Police has provided a series of tips to prevent home robberies in the face of the summer holidays and to be able to have a safe summer by protecting the houses. Thus, he proposes, for example, paying attention to the placement of plastic witnesses on the doors or that the house appears inhabited.
And it is that the vacation periods, as well as the weekends, are usually the most propitious moments in which the friends of the alien usually commit robberies inside houses, taking advantage of the absence of the tenants and that of other neighbors of the property.
The National Police during these periods intensifies prevention against this type of crime and provides citizens with certain advice that can help prevent these thefts, in addition to remembering that at the slightest suspicion that they may be trying to commit a crime, they must call 091.
Citizens are also informed about how to act in the event of being a victim of this type of theft in order to minimize the damage they entail and facilitate the work of the investigators, as well as collaborate in the recovery of the stolen effects.
To help prevent being a victim of this type of crime, the National Police provides a series of preventive measures that citizens can carry out. It is a set of basic guidelines, easy to adopt and that can be passed on to the people around us, the elderly and children, to familiarize them with the preventive culture in the face of this type of crime.
Always close with a key
«When we go on vacation and whenever we leave the house, even for a few minutes, we must activate the lock on the door of the house with every turn of the key to prevent them from gaining access with the well-known slip method, which consists in inserting a plastic piece between the door frame and the lock slip”, details the National Police.
Likewise, it also advises closing all the doors in the case of single-family homes, such as those that give access to basements, garages or gardens, as well as the windows.
In the event that plastic witnesses or strings of glue are observed between the access door to the home and the frame, this is a method that is often used by home burglary specialists to mark homes and check if they are temporarily uninhabited. If these types of witnesses or other suspicious markings are observed, ‘091’ must be notified immediately.
“We must be careful when discussing with people around us that we are going on vacation when we are in a public place, since we do not know who may be listening and, of course, not discuss our plans with strangers,” advises the Police.
In the same way, it specifies that it is not advisable to comment on social networks, even less if on some occasion the place of residence has been mentioned through photographs in which the home appears or its location has been reflected when using sports applications. in which they mark the route.
Make the house look inhabited
There are a series of measures that can be carried out so that criminals do not appreciate from the outside that you are absent from the home, such as, for example, not leaving all the shutters in the home down because from the outside “it can attract attention of criminals specialized in this type of theft.
«You can take advantage of automated systems that exist in the market so that certain lights or electronic devices in your home are activated periodically; and a trusted relative or close friend can periodically collect the correspondence from the mailbox so that it does not accumulate and check the state of the home, ”says the Police.
It also recommends being careful with the presence of strangers on the farm and, whether you live in a building or in an urbanization or single-family home, you should be aware of people outside the environment.
Likewise, it recommends “not opening the portal to strangers. Before opening the access door to the building, it is necessary to make sure that this person is known, facilitating access to outsiders can compromise our safety and that of our neighbors, ”recalls the Police.
And, in the presence of suspicious persons in the building or in the urbanization, “you should not hesitate to call ‘091’”, because for the Police it will never be a bother to approach and make the appropriate checks.
In the case of hearing unusual noises in the access to a nearby house, and more so if it is known that its inhabitants are on vacation, «a call to ‘091’ will cause a National Police patrol to immediately approach the place and check if you are trying to commit a robbery.
Do not enter, do not knock and notify 091
In the event that, despite everything, when you return from vacation the door of the house is open or forced, “at no time should anything be entered or manipulated, calling 091 immediately so that they can send a radio patrol vehicle to make the appropriate checks », explain the same sources.
To facilitate a possible investigation and the recovery of the stolen objects, it is convenient to have previously prepared a list with the electronic objects that we have at home -tablets, televisions, computers, consoles, etc- and their corresponding serial numbers. It is also appropriate to have a detailed list and photographs of the jewelry and valuables that are available.
In the event of theft, the Police point out that “it is vitally important to provide these lists when making the complaint at the police station in order to track the objects”, and explains that “the access door is as important as the lock”.
For the security of the home “not only is the type of door that we have important, but the type of lock that we have installed on it is equally or more important; install certified quality products”, recommends the Police. “There are locks on the market called ‘anti-bumping’ or ‘anti-impressioning’ that make it difficult for criminals who use these techniques to steal to gain access to our homes,” he adds.
‘Bumping’ is a technique used by some criminals that consists of inserting a specially modified key into the lock, with which after hitting it a series of times, the position of the bolts inside the lock is moved, which allows them to open the door. The ‘impressioning’ technique aims to copy the user’s key by inserting some thin sheets into the lock to record the marks of the original key and to be able to obtain a copy later.
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