Police are just people at the end of the day doing a job. There are nice people and nasty people and who you get when in contact with them is what makes your opinion of them. The best entertainment I have had sometimes is when I have had burglar in the cells whos in prison and whos been burgled by someone else locked up in another cell. Great, their reaction is the same as yours but nobody cares. I use timers on table lamps positioned in most of the rooms in my house. I set them up so that one comes on when one is going off to give the illusion that someone is going to bed or using the toilet, that way scum bags will think someone is in there moving about. Even done it to tvs sometimes so someone can hear it. People think I am mad but to date I have not been burgled. You have to think like them, they dont like obstacles which increase the chances of them getting caught. Close your gates, it is a visual obstacle and it makes noise to open. Spikey plants around your boarders hurt when people try to climb. Get an alarm, make sure you have deadlocks on all doors and windows. Think about if you want to break in to your house if say you lost your keys at 3 oclock in the morning without being seen or heard. If you can do it then so can anyone else. Its all a game to them and I like to think I make the rules. Burglers are not that bright in the main. I can think of one who broke into a conservatory in the middle of the night and looked about at what to steal. There were some electrical items that were easy to carry, but no he chose a large ships bell on the wall which was heavy and hard to remove, he yanked it and pulled at it, all the while it was dinging and donging which woke the family up. He didnt hear them coming because of the noise of the bell and was supprised to be wrestled to the groung and detained until the Police arrived.
