The burglary rate both city and county-wide have spiked in June as bored teenagers have been left with nothing to do during the day.
Some of it can be credited to the economy and all of us can say the days of leaving our doors unlocked at night is a thing of the past.
So we ask, have you been targeted recently? Did anything you do thwart an attempted robbery?
Have you made any changes to protect yourself since then?
Any tips on what does and doesn't work?
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