{"id":258,"date":"2019-07-10T09:29:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T16:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrmd.com\/blog\/?p=258"},"modified":"2019-07-10T09:29:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T16:29:42","slug":"inside-the-mind-of-a-thief-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrmd.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/10\/inside-the-mind-of-a-thief-video\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Inside the Mind of a Thief&#8221; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inside the Mind of a Thief | Burglar Confessions\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DtwD-c9hn58?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Super long vid (like 45 min!) \u2026 but some useful info. He talked about a lotta things but several seemed particularly important cause he emphasized them multiple times\u2014for example here are some things he said almost always deterred him from trying to burglarize a house:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Presence of neighborhood watch \/ strong sense of community \u2026 people visibly being on the lookout for their neighbors<\/li><li><strong>WIRELESS<\/strong> alarm system, and\/or a sign saying you have one, whether you actually have one or not\u2014the wired ones are pretty easy to circumvent but wireless\/cellular almost impossible (in the amount of time needed)<\/li><li>Vidcam that&#8217;s visible from outside door, that&#8217;s obviously recording whoever&#8217;s there<\/li><li>To a somewhat lesser degree, but also timers for lights and stuff, BUT avoid doing this for rooms visible from front\/back windows or doors\u2014obvious no one&#8217;s in those rooms<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized repeatedly that if he saw any of the first three things above, he would pretty much leave immediately<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>average time in a house: 5-7 min, enough to go straight to master bedroom where jewelry&#8217;s usually just laying out or easily located in closet. Safes usually in master closet too. <\/li><li>Cliche but still true: he would case neighborhoods by jogging through and noticing if mail wasn&#8217;t picked up, trash bins left out by curb for days, newspapers etc. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Bunch of other things too, worth a watch!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super long vid (like 45 min!) \u2026 but some useful info. He talked about a lotta things but several seemed particularly important cause he emphasized them multiple times\u2014for example here are some things he said almost always deterred him from trying to burglarize a house: Presence of neighborhood watch \/ strong sense of community \u2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[21,20,22],"class_list":["post-258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interesting-articles","tag-advice","tag-burglary","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions\/260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}