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Home and Neighborhood Safety (PATROL-911)

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Protecting yourself and your property starts at home. Taking personal safety measures, teaching your children family rules, and getting involved with your neighbors are all ways to reduce your risk of becoming a victim. Check Your Locks Make sure every external door has a strong, well-installed dead bolt lock. Key-in-the-knob locks alone are not enough. Sliding glass doors offer easy access if they are not properly secured. You can secure them by putting a broomstick or dowel in the inside track to jam the door or by installing commercially available locks. To prevent the door being lifted off of the track, drill a hole through the sliding door frame and the fixed frame. Then insert a pin in the hole. Lock double-hung windows with key locks or "pin" your windows by drilling a small hole at a 45 degree angle between the inner and outer frames, then insert a nail that can be removed. You should secure basement windows with grilles or grates (but make sure that they can...
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Maryland Burglaries

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Burglary in the United States According to the FBI, there were an estimated  2,103,787 burglaries in 2012 , a decrease of 3.7% compared to 2011. Burglaries in the US regions have decreased except for in the West, where the number of estimated burglaries increased to 4.8%. With burglaries taking place  every 15 seconds , I’d be concerned about my house being burglarized too. In the United States, burglary is prosecuted as a misdemeanor or a felony, but how exactly is it determined one or the other? The state in which the crime was committed is the determining factor, since every state has its own rules regarding the severity of a burglary. Strangely enough, burglars do not tend to think ahead of the game and find out the potential punishment for the crime that they are about to commit. If a potential burglar were to find out that the offense would be considered a felony in that particular state, he or she may be prompted to think twice before committing the crime. ...
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Location: Maryland, USA
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