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Archive for December, 1999

The House Key you give away……

The House Key you give away…

You come home, reach for the visor, and instantly your garage door opens for you. That magic button you leave “clipped to the visor in your car” is so convenient. Everybody does it. I used to do it until I started seeing a pattern of how criminals really work when no one is watching.

If you are like most people you have an automatic garage door opener clipped to your visor or in a console. Convenience is nice but it can cost you in the long run if you are not careful.

First, lets go with the crooks that drive through neighborhoods clicking on a garage door opener they have, to see which garage doors they can open.
(More than likely they are using a stolen one from a car burglary)
They may change the code often to try to match one nearby. A long shot but it works sometimes.

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To our “CopTalk” Friends & Brothers in Law Enforcement

To our “CopTalk” Friends & Brothers in Law Enforcement

1999 is turning out to be a busy year and that’s not a good sign. Our goal at Netcops PSI is to reverse the current trend, not watch it get worse. Mark, Brent, and I will work even harder to make sure that people have the opportunity to know what they can do better!

I remind you that if you have any questions regarding personal public safety issues, you can always feel free to email or phone your questions to our office. (See the how to reach us link) We will ALWAYS be here to answer your questions, or at least refer you to someone who can.

In exchange for that I will ask you a favor. (No, don’t worry, it’s not to buy our book. You’ll do that when you’re ready.)

If you find our information valuable within our website, I simply ask you to forward it on to a friend, friends, or to family members.

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“Tis the season”…. again

“Tis the season”…. again

There’s an ad on television that shows a young man, angry because he got arrested for a DUI. As he sits on the bus stop bench he recites all the fines he has to pay, as well as his license being suspended, insurance being cancelled, and so on.

I get the point the commercial is trying to make, but maybe they should have showed a picture of him behind bars while they showed another shot of a young person in a hospital critical care bed, with tubes coming out of everywhere. With a family torn with grief waiting just outside while their daughter is in a coma, because of the drunk guy complaining about the fines he has to pay.

Or what if the young man was the one on the hospital bed getting ready to take his last breath, or to come out of a coma only to be paralyzed the rest of his life. What does that do to his family and friends?

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