We had a robbery on our street! (Derry, Hill: crimes, credit card)

[almartia]

You had a burglary not a robbery.....


ROBBERY is defined as taking the property of another, with the intent to permanently deprive the person of that property, by means of force or fear.

BURGLARY is a crime, the essence of which is entry into a building for the purposes of committing another offence. Usually that offence will be theft.

[GregW]

FWIW - My politics are Democratic, my economics are socialist and anti-monopoly and my right to defend myself, my family and my friends from violent assault are unlimited.

[sgthoskins]

Originally Posted by GregW

my right to defend myself, my family and my friends from violent assault are unlimited.

It's too bad the rest of the democrats try daily to take that right away.

[Mrtwigg]

Originally Posted by GregW

FWIW - My politics are Democratic, my economics are socialist and anti-monopoly and my right to defend myself, my family and my friends from violent assault are unlimited.

Your politics are obvious given your posting history.

However, you really need to spend some time on the NH.gov website going over the use of deadly force. Your options are indeed limited. This ain't Florida. We have a Castle Doctrine here, NOT a "Stand your Ground" statute.

[touretteboy65]

Originally Posted by MovedfromFL

The OP said that the break in happened at the house across the street and in broad daylight. Even a hardened person like myself would be very upset if that happened in my neighborhood.

I guess one choice could be a home alarm system. We had one in FL and the monthly monitoring is about $30-35. (or a really big dog might do the job, but would probably end up costing more!)

I agree. I have had an alarm system in every home I've owned and, fortunately, none have been broken into. Regardless, if they were dumb enough to break in and activate the alarm, they would flee the moment it goes off. What's to replace a broken window or door? The key is to have it monitored. Many people have an alarm sysytem and don't have them monitored, or, don't use them at all. Makes no sense to me.

[MtDreamer]

If you see a neighbor's house being broken into I would suggest not trying to detain the perps but do call 911 immediately even if you are not sure what is going on. If it looks suspicious call! You never know what they are armed with and it's not worth you getting killed or injured for their TV set. If they enter your house forget the non-lethal stuff. Again you never know what they armed with. You spray them with pepper spray and **** them off so they shoot you! When you come home and find you have been broken into please do not clean up the crime scene. People worry about dumb things and I have had them worry that their house was not clean and they had left dirty clothes, etc around and want to clean things before the police arrive. If you do this you are destroying your crime scene. Also people sometime wait to call 911 because they are not sure of what is happening and don't want to bother the police. Please do bother them, that is what they are there for. As far as response time. Even if the police station is a block away it may take a lot of time before the police arrive. Sometimes there are just more calls coming in than there are police to handle them. We get to them as fast as we can but sometimes it is not fast enough. This from a retired police officer.

[tijlover]

Originally Posted by Mrtwigg

Welcome to reality. Criminals don't usually target depressed areas. Why ? Nobody's got anything of real value there. Besides, why stir up trouble where you live ? Better to head out where the pickin's better and nobody's gonna come after you.

How many potential burglars prowl CD.com look for the opening threads, such as: What is the safest area of this city to live?

And if I were a burglar? I'd go exactly to those areas where the property owners least suspect a burglary could happen, the safest area of town.

[BF66389]

The safest area of town is also where you are most likely to run into trouble after the fact. Think about it, in an area with frequent crime its just another "crime" for law enforcement to worry about; in an area that is incredibly safe its a world-altering event that becomes a top priority. Likewise the police in "safe" areas are also a lot more likely to be nearby & available.

[tijlover]

In Las Vegas, in some gated middle-class communities in the SW Valley, they had a rash of burglaries, gated community and all.

I used to talk to a mailman when I was doing home care in the far west nicer part of the valley, and he'd relate to me all the burglaries that took place in a number of the gated communities out there. Mostly, they targeted the houses on the periphery of the community, climb over the wall, and climb back over. The houses in the center of the community were least effected.

Long ago, when I worked for the sheriff's dept in Hennepin County, MN,as a temp, and wrote up all the crime reports from the previous night, a good many were written up in some upscale communities in the western suburbs where the houses were so well-hidden by jungle-like vegetation and large spacings between lots.

I don't quite buy your reasoning.

[GregW]

I have had my old clunker vandalized here in Londonderry. They damaged the steering column trying to get at the lock. It cost me $250 to replace the column. I notified the police but nothing ever came of the report. Now I lock my cars. That is annoying.