Is Crime Tourism Coming to a Town Near You?

By Catherine Powell

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With the Omicron variant of COVID-19 running rampant, you’d think that tourism would be way down.  Well, it turns out that one form of travel has been on the upswing for the past three years.  Law enforcement refers to it as “Crime Tourism” and it’s been making its way steadily south.   If you’re looking to keep traveling crooks from targeting you and yours, here’s what you need to know.

Beating Burglars at Their Own Game

By Catherine Powell

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Being a homeowner means always fretting over the security of your home.  The problem with having nice things is there are always some people looking to take them away from you.  In fact, there are those who make their living doing exactly that for a living.  The police refer to them as burglars.  These marauders come in a variety of shapes and sizes.  There are daylight robbers that specialize in breaking into your home while you are at work.  There are cat burglars who creep into homes in the dead of night while you sleep.  Last but not least, there are home invaders that don’t think twice about staging a raid on your domicile while you and your family are wide awake.  The trick to warding off burglars of all stripes is to make your home a hard target.  This week, I will show you how to think like a thief in order to ward off burglars.