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Police Burgle Homes
August 27th 2009
In the quiet hours whilst most residents slept, Liverpool police officers
tried to 'break into' some 3,500 homes to see if people actually locked
up at night.
After testing front and back doors in burglary hotspots throughout Everton
and Woolton and waking residents if they found doors are unlocked, they
opened 66 doors and observed 14 open windows.
In this area there were 316 burglaries in just one month, nearly half
the figure for the whole of Merseyside.
A police spokesperson said that people who had been woken up after leaving
their door open have, on the whole, given a positive response, despite
the initial shock and rude awakening.
One person said: "It gave me a terrible shock, but it is such a good
idea.
"It has made me much more aware of making sure I lock the door.
"My son had been out and he'd left the door unlocked."
The following Police community support officers will visit the property
to issue crime prevention advice.
The police spokesperson added: "Particularly vulnerable premises
are 'target hardened' with window alarms, door alarms, locks and crime
prevention tools like SmartWater."
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