COLLAR THE CRIM, 2020 STYLE
May 04, 2020
4 minutes
By Mark Beckett
Photographs: Mark Beckett
There was a time when people respected other people’s property. Locking houses and hiding keys wasn’t normal, but at some point that all changed. As criminals started targeting other people’s property, they chose the easy targets; alarms and sensor lights were enough to make them try somewhere else.
Sadly it seems we are living in an age when your property is deemed to be ‘waiting for collection’ by someone who will sell it for the next fix or to repay a debt, and the criminals involved are getting bolder. Day or night, residents home or not — it doesn’t seem to matter to the thieves.
It’s likely you’ll simply see your prized possession disappearing down
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