Thursday, February 8, 2018

WHERE DO YOU KEEP YOUR KEYS WHEN YOU WALK IN THE DOOR?

How many of you drive home from a day’s work, walk in the front door and hang up your keys on a key rack? The first time I saw a key rack in someone else’s home I thought “brilliant”, I have to buy myself one of those. I had too many mornings where I was running around trying to find where I set my car keys the day before. The key rack seemed like the perfect solution to that problem. Apparently, I was not the only person who thought that this idea was brilliant, nor the only person who had taken note of these when walking into someone else’s home.

According to recent reports, the new and improved way to steal a car or burglarize a home is simply to walk inside the homeowner’s home; while they are present I might add, and simply remove them from the rack or nearby table in the hallway. It does not get easier than that. According to a CBC report Jan 31st 2018, “about 15% of the vehicles stolen in Calgary had the keys left inside. Studies show that about 70-80% of car thefts occur with the actual key.

ASK YOURSELF:

How easy would it be for someone to open your front door while you are in the kitchen cooking dinner, slip your keys off the key rack and quietly close the door behind them without your ever knowing? When would you notice that they were gone?

RULE: 1) Do not keep keys hanging in the house, out in the open, where there location is visible to others. People who have been in your home or who live nearby commit the majority of break-ins. It is easy for people in the neighbourhood to learn your family’s schedule or know when you are not at home. 2) Do not give your house key to workers or hide a key outside your home. It only takes one onlooker to see someone grab the spare key from under the plantar and have easy access in. 3) Do not leave keys in Car. Just as they can steal your car by taking the keys from your home, they can break into your home with the keys found in the car.

Posted at 02:07 PM