Garage break in

[REKIBorter]

I was given some clutch head screws by the cops to fit the new ones on. They caught the thieving scum doing a buglary and found my plates in the car. Caught red-handed! When they told me this they said my plates would be recoreded as found so no worries about being stopped.

 

[jamabikes]

my favourite tip for security was told to me by a police friend.

leave a bike un locked in the garden. they will take this the feck off. most of em only want a fiver so a cheap piece of bso and they will be happy.

 

[twain]

not sure if that's the greatest idea...how many are you suppose to keep in stock to keep replacing it..??!?!?!

 

[weeman_mtb]

Fitted an alarm this afternoon and I'm really impressed with it, I might just sleep a bit better tonight. I'm going to carry on with the security improvements on the inside, keeping things stealthy as highlandsflyer suggests.

Had a really nice follow up visit from two police ladies tonight. Apparently this sort of thing has been on the up in our area and they are doing something about it with plain clothes officers patrolling the area. They've given me a phone number and extension to ring should I need them and they'll be dropping a UV marker round to mark all my stuff. Glad I phoned them, really didn't expect this sort of service.

 

[CAS]

Sounds good Chris

 

[weeman_mtb]

Sounds good Chris

Thanks Carol, fingers crossed I won't be starting another thread like this one.

It's kept me out of the for sale section for a couple of days though...

 

[Whatleymeister]

Now, a UV marker, that's a good idea!

 

[jax13]

one of the best anti-theft / alarm devices i ever saw was made by a friends dad.

it was a small box containing a 12 volt car battery, a pair of stupidly bright spot lamps, one with a strobe relay on it, the other constant & the biggest, loudest electric car / wagon / train horn the world had ever seen, all wired up to a PIR sensor.

they had it in the tack room on the end of the stable block and he found his intruder clutching his ears and pretty much blinded to the point he ran the wrong way back out of the door and into the back end of the horsebox!

a few stitches later he was taken to the local nick & charged because his prints were linked to loads of horse tack, diesel & farm equipment related thefts - the police told him to remove the 'alarm' just in case he decided to try and sue him for personal injury.

he subsequently made about another 6 for his mates after they expressed an interest in one!



re: home security, & thieves coming back, if you put a note up on their point of entry saying something along the lines of 'all valubles were removed after your last attempt & please smile. your now on cctv' it may encourage them to scuttle off and try elsewhere.

 

[jax13]

 

[Whatleymeister]