Garage breakins

[Bama]

My neighborhood gas had a rash of garage break-is evidently it's simple to break into a garage with a coat hanger . Thought I'd share a video of how to help prevent it.
THanks Anthony

https://www.corporatetravelsafety.com/safety-tips/how-thieves-break-into-homes-by-the-garage-door/

[BowOnly81]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[gumbl3]

Yep, zip tied my release lever up a long time ago

[tigerscowboy]

Just cut the handle off the cord. We do it for all of our customers before closing.

[BillyMac]

Zip tie tomorrow

[huntingjunkie]

That’s pretty darn bold. They’ll eventually break in to the wrong one and it will be their last one. Nothing seems to surprise me anymore these days though.

[Hawkpuppy 1]

Wow! Going out with zip tie right now....

[Acameron52]

I’ll be zip tying mine today!

[Geezy Rider]

All they've got to do is open my truck door and hit the remote.

Good thing I'm 100 yards off the road keep the gate closed. Any ambitious thieves come along I'm in trouble.

[Mudslinger]

It will take them longer on mine because I have no windows and they cannot see where the coat hanger is going or how they are turning it towards the lever.

[Artos]

All they've got to do is open my truck door and hit the remote.

Good thing I'm 100 yards off the road keep the gate closed. Any ambitious thieves come along I'm in trouble.

My controller has a shut off switch to keep the remote or any scanner from being able to trip the motor...I don't have windows on the door but still like the zip tie. I guess if you have windows they could cut simply break & snip the tie in the same amount of time??

[Bama]

It wasnt my house that got broke into , but withing 200 yds 3 other houses got broke into last night between 3-4 am. zip tied mine this morning

[tigerscowboy]

Just cut the handle off the cord. We do it for all of our customers before closing.

Ours do not have access to pull an extension on the lever, but thieves have done the same by pulling the cord with a hanger and resistance at the handle.

[tigerscowboy]

My controller has a shut off switch to keep the remote or any scanner from being able to trip the motor...I don't have windows on the door but still like the zip tie. I guess if you have windows they could cut simply break & snip the tie in the same amount of time??

Yes. We've seen that done before.

[tigerscowboy]

Here's what has happened in close quarter subdivisions on houses with attached garages:

A thief is dropped off by a driver who then breaks into the garage within seconds. Thief closes the garage door and gains entry into the house. Spends an hour or more staging all of your valuables at the closed garage door. Calls his driver to back up the vehicle and loads everything in less than a minute. GONE.

This is prevented if you SET AND MONITOR your alarms.