WATCH OUT BURGLARS ARE ABOUT
Highly trained teams are hunting properties that are easy to break into – luckily they are police officers giving home security advice to absent minded residents.
Waltham Forest’s police Safer Neighbourhood Teams and the Council’s community safety team have worked together to produce hundreds of cards which can be used to identify how a home is vulnerable to burglars.
The Safer Neighbourhood Team officers patrol the borough until they spot a vacant home that could be easily broken into.
They fill in a card and post it through the letter box to advise the owner how to secure their property more effectively.
Although burglary is down in Waltham Forest over the last year,research shows that most homes that are broken into during the summerare targeted because doors or windows are left open.
The new scheme is a simple but effective way of tackling a very upsetting crime.
Each card has a number of tick boxes about problems like windows being left open. Police officers will tick the relevant box and post the card. Residents are likely to be a bit surprised to find these cards lying on their doorstep, but it’s better than coming home to find you’ve been robbed by burglars.
To find out more about home security ring the Council’s Community Safety Team on 020 8496 3000 or your Police Safer Neighbourhood Team on 020 8556 8855
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