Recently there was an item on the evening news that caught my ear. It was as story in regards to how “home invasions” were showing a dramatic increase this year over all former years. “Home Invasion” is a term police use when a suspect enters a home with or without strength and confronts the occupants to commit a robbery and or other crimes such as assault, rape, torture or even murder.
“Home Invasion” is particularly troubling because of the potential trauma it inflicts on the occupants, parents and peculiarly little children and the potential threat of assault, rape, torture or even murder. To me it seems like “home invasion” is much more daunting 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 somebody 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 even though the house were unoccupied. This makes the crime out of the question to track and in the end to control.
Most burglaries occur for the duration of 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 evident signs of a home burglar alarm system. Most burglars want to keep out of the way of confrontation and violence-that is the utterly last thing they need or want.
“Home Invasion” burglary is dissimilar 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 comprises of following or stalking older single men or women who have the profile of “success”. The potential victims might be flashy dressers, wear pricey jewelry, drive an costly car or live in an upscale neighbor hood.
In share two we will talk about how to keep out of the way of being a victim and in a worse case scenario what to do if you are a victim.
If you think crime may only occur to the other guy you are wrong. The “other guy” is thinking the same thing and YOU are that “other guy”. There is a reason why they call it self defense. You have to protect yourself, your family, your home and business!
Works perfectly, while cleaning up the look of my basement