A Thief’s New Target: Garage Door Opener
Another piece of advice when leaving your car in a public place: Don’t forget to bring your garage door opener!
We can never underestimate burglars and thieves. Another trick that they have learned to do is to get into cars and steal garage door openers. Later on, when they’re sure no one is around in your home, they’ll open up your garage and steal your things. This is indeed another improvement on the thief’s part. But what do we do?
The most important thing we have to do is to always be alert. Don’t leave your cars unlocked. Don’t leave the garage door opener on plain sight, either. As a matter of fact, don’t leave it in your car at all!
There have been a couple of this incidents lately, and the police department is advising everyone to notify them instead of confronting the intruder (in cases wherein the thief gets in the house). There have also been recent killings in Cheshire that have sparked alarm for home security systems and alarms. The authorities would rather you do not confront the criminals for your own safety.
The overall number of burglaries has not been increasing, but the theft of remote garage door openers has been significantly many in some areas. The police recommends that the homeowners and residents take pictures of their contents at home. They’re are also advised to record serial numbers of their property and engrave their initials or a unique mark on their things so that there is a possibility that they will be returned when recovered.
Remember to always lock the door that connects the garage and your home, too. House keys shouldn’t also be forgotten inside your car. Bear in mind that the thieves can check the vehicle registration papers to know your address.
Once you’ve discovered that your garage door opener has gone missing, immediately unplug the opening mechanism in your garage. Contact the company where you bought it and ask for a new remote garage door opener and a new mechanism code.
