Have you been burgled? How safe do you feel?

[VocalNeal]

I'd be more interested to know how the burglars broke into the premises.

Different methods for different structures. Breaking into a shop house requires a different method that breaking into a house in a moobahn

The are a good deterrent for the opportunist thief. If someone really wants to get into the house they will regardless of dogs, steel bars, CCTV etc.

The key is to make your property look less attractive to would be thieves so they go, metaphorically speaking, next-door.

Which house am I going to rob? The one with the farang.

We are in the minority here. More Thais get robbed than foreigners. Generally wealthy Thais have more stuff and money than foreigners.

We discussed installing CCTV but after the experience with the local police thought that this was just wasted money.

Smart local police.

[farang000999]

I have not read the topic but in the USA they have something called "Cellular Alarms".. the alarm central station has basically a cell phone inside of it. When a sensor is triggered, such an entry/motion/glass break it sends a signal to the satellite and you receive a call/sms/email notifying you of what has happened rather quickly. you can also set up security cameras for remote viewing and remote cloud recording. None of this is very expensive.

[iang]

A couple of giant German Shepherds roaming around seems to keep the rif-raf away & at bay! Gentle souls that they are, their bark's enough to persuade anyone to try somewhere else that's easier!

If anybody really wants to break into your property, dogs won't stop them, they will just throw poisoned meat at them.

That of course is perfectly possible & feasible. Nothing is going to keep out a determined thief. The fact is however that thieves are likely to simply find a softer target.

[A1Str8]

Never. But once I was at my gf house back home when I saw the thief climbing out the window. I set him on fire with a deodorant just in case. He looked like an angel.

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