Shawn Talks About Burglary

I am so sorry that happened to you. (The second burglary.) I am glad you found the ring.

I should have strengthened your entries the first time this happened. What broke up, the door jams or the door? Usually it is the jams. We could make that much harder to break through by putting in heavier strike plates (thicker and taller) for the deadbolt and running 3 to 4 inch screws back through the jam right into the studs. Steel doors or steel core doors are also usually harder to break in, and especially if they have steel jams. You can also put a screw in the top of the frame of a sliding window, so that it cannot be lifted out of the track without removing the screw (since most windows are made to lift out of the track). If the front porch light was off, we could also do something to make that come on always  at dark, so that neighbors might be able to see them.

Shawn