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Pat-inCO

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Crime mitigation (around your house)
« on: October 17, 2008, 07:19:59 pm »
A lot of people are worried about keeping the BG away from their house. There is a course on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) available. Having spent the time (a full week) going through that class, I think most would not care to spend the time nor money. While I was in that class I decided to build a summary of the class. It is posted at http://www.w0ipl.net/cpted.htm When I finished the summary I asked the instructor to review it to see if I had missed anything. The next day he came in and asked if he could keep the printout, I think he liked it.  :o

Several good things to think about around your house.  ;D
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    Re: Crime mitigation (around your house)
    « Reply #1 on: October 17, 2008, 07:22:35 pm »
    Very cool.  +1 karma for you!
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    Re: Crime mitigation (around your house)
    « Reply #2 on: October 17, 2008, 08:35:45 pm »
    Very interesting read there.

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    Re: Crime mitigation (around your house)
    « Reply #3 on: October 20, 2008, 03:12:08 pm »
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    Be ready to spend some money. There are many mitigation actions that you can take that require nothing but hard work. While others will require the expenditure of money.

    [=Joke] Absolutely.  Digging the Moat and building the drawbridge from downed cypress trees was free.  Finding someone crazy enough to catch 32 freshwater crocodiles cost a bit.  Finding out that the torso of the man you found floating in your moat was a criminal wanted for rape and armed burglary.  Priceless.  [/Joke]

    Good info there Pat...  Thanks for the post  ;D
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    Re: Crime mitigation (around your house)
    « Reply #4 on: November 02, 2008, 02:58:39 am »
    Country life.   Good understanding neighbors who alert when
    things don't seem right.   Nighttime motion detection lights.
    Twenty four hour alert #100 dog who sounds the alarm always.
    Firearms are a part of home maintenance.   Sometimes law is
    unavailable, but mostly understanding when thing turn out not
    to be ordinary in their ending.

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    Re: Crime mitigation (around your house)
    « Reply #5 on: November 17, 2008, 09:46:27 pm »
    Wow--good stuff. Thanks. {applause}
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    Re: Crime mitigation (around your house)
    « Reply #6 on: November 30, 2008, 05:46:23 pm »
    Great info. Thanks for sharing this. 

    Two small points to add.

    1. In a similar thread, long ago, I heard someone refer to roses as "politically correct barbed wire."  FWIW.

    2.  My recommendation for crime mitigation in 3 words: Get a dog.

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    Re: Crime mitigation (around your house)
    « Reply #7 on: December 01, 2008, 11:51:34 am »
    Keep it simple. A sign in the yard that says "Steal here, die here." and heads on pikes in the yard. Or, if you have a long driveway you could always impale the BG's in a line leading up to the house.
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    Re: Crime mitigation (around your house)
    « Reply #8 on: December 01, 2008, 02:02:41 pm »
    2.  My recommendation for crime mitigation in 3 words: Get a dog.

    Agreed.  But it needs good training, too.  Just having a dog doesn't mean anything if it wags its tail and licks the face of an intruder.  The dog's gotta be taught: When someone sneaks in through the window and doesn't smell familiar, bark up a storm then bite his gonads off.
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    Re: Crime mitigation (around your house)
    « Reply #9 on: December 03, 2008, 04:21:54 am »
    Threat signs are not a good idea, but possible a sign stating that
    alarm system installed might work in some cases.   As to dogs, the last
    three I've owned have been female German Shorthairs.   All have been
    lady, child and land protective without training.   This one now goes on
    alert once a car leaves the pavement.   If you run, you are done!   She
    will not bother if you remain still.   A little unhandy for the UPS driver
    leaves packages on the hood of my pickup rather than deal with the dog.
    At night she is on top of thinge when the motion detection lights come on!
    Most people hesitate on a barking dog they can't see, and panic on a
    large smiley dog they can see.   Kind of like a distraction to reach a pistol,
    and a pistol to reach a rifle.  All of the dogs trained themselves, and flat
    don't like anything on THEIR property.   The dog does let those uninvited
    know it is a bad idea :clap

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