In the past two years, the epidemic has made many people's emotions become depressed, and indirectly let some normal people embark on the road of crime... With the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, oil prices and prices rose again, and burglary cases also increased.
On March 7, a Chinese limousine on social media posted: "For the first time in my life, I was robbed, and Richmond was really too unsafe!" ”
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It can be seen through the post that the Chinese man was sleeping at home at the time, and as a result, at three o'clock in the middle of the night, a thief broke in and began to loot money everywhere, and by the time the police came, the thief had already escaped.
Many valuable belongings of this Chinese family were stolen, such as big-name clothes, shoes, bags, and heavy losses, but fortunately, the family of three was safe and sound, which was a disaster, because the thief did not go to the second floor.
Even more frightening is that the neighbors were also stolen
The thief was obviously prepared, and on the same day, the Chinese man learned that the neighbor's house in the oblique rear had actually suffered a burglary, feeling that it was a gang. And the neighbor said that there are squatting points around the independent house every day, maybe your home has long been targeted!
There are not many burglaries that occur in Dawen, but thieves will generally stay first and pick when the owner is not at home and then steal, so as to ensure that nothing is lost. How bold is it to break into a theft while all your family is at home?
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What frightened the Chinese was that if she had gone downstairs to check and look at the thief, God knows what would have happened. After all, in GreatEr Vancouver, robberies that kidnap the owner of the house first and then commit crimes abound.
In the post, the Chinese commented: "It seems that you still have to live in an apartment, because the apartment is safer than a detached house", but there was a message in the message area:
Well, even the apartment can be followed into, this is a place with double access control, many residents, and administrators! I would like to ask, living in Dawen, which other room types are safe?
How bad has the security in The Great Warm been lately? Just look at these messages and you know that the victims are really too numerous to count:
this...... Or theft? This is a clear robbery!
This is a real estate agent message that there are more thieves in richmond's Broadmoor community... As soon as this statement came out, it is estimated that many people who want to buy a house here will have to retreat.
There are also people who point the finger at refugees, and this view, see the wisdom, can not be commented on.
This message makes everyone stunned: where is this stealing the family's belongings? This is directly stealing the home!!
Among the more than 100 messages, the most common message is: Does your home not have a security system?
Xiaobian personally experienced two thefts
To be honest, thefts like the one experienced by this Chinese person, "people are at home, but thieves break in" are not very common in Vancouver, and more often than not, they are broken into when there is no one at home. So how is that good?
As many people have left behind, security systems do make a difference. However, if you want to truly all-round system anti-theft, Xiaobian believes that it is necessary to do a good job of "three defensive measures".
First of all, in 2017, xiaobian's home was stolen because the living room window was open, and as a result, when the family went out, the thief entered the house directly from the window to "loot"; another time was that the garage door forgot to lock, and the thief opened the garage late at night to steal property.
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Speaking of anti-theft, the first measure personally recommended is physical anti-theft: install anti-theft windows and push-pull anti-theft doors, although this will reduce the appearance of the home, but it is much higher than the anti-theft intensity of ordinary windows. Even if the thief smashes the window, he absolutely cannot smash the anti-theft window and the anti-theft door;
The second measure is the anti-theft camera with warning function: as long as there is a stranger approaching, you can see who is in the mobile phone App, if you find suspicious, you can not only call the police with one key, but also order the thief to leave through the intercom function;
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The third measure is the indoor anti-theft system: when someone breaks in, the sensor camera in the home will sound an alarm, and then the alarm will be alarmed. Just set it to "away" when you go out.
With these three measures, home anti-theft can basically be carefree, of course, the price is also there: install anti-theft doors and windows, if it is a relatively large independent house, at least cost 10,000 Canadian dollars, anti-theft cameras and anti-theft systems add up, at least 1,000 Canadian dollars per year.
It is indeed expensive, but considering that the possible loss of home theft is much larger, these anti-theft measures are still necessary. At least in the past three years after the installation of anti-theft facilities, Xiaobian's home has not only not been stolen, but even the camera has not found any suspicious people approaching.
Living in a detached house requires "consciousness" of being stolen
Anti-theft measures, if in place, can ensure at least 99% security, but everything is just in case. To tell the truth, living in a detached house in Dawen, we must be aware of being stolen, and if we can't accept being targeted by thieves, then don't live... It's true.
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Continuing to give an example, as of 2022, 7 of the 9 people living in the independent house in Dawen have suffered burglary, and the losses range from hundreds to tens of thousands. Although there are not many samples, it can already be seen how "thieves" there are in the independent houses in Dawen.
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The reason why thieves dare to make repeated moves is naturally inseparable from the ineffective rectification of theft by the Dawen police. In this regard, everyone has obviously become numb: the Police of Dawen? I don't ask you to catch the thief, as long as you don't just fine me With Pull over, thank you!