You have neighbors and also you think they'll arrive at your rescue in the eventuality of a break in or fire emergency. There are three main flaws on this theory. First, that they'll know, second, that they are going to act and third, they won't harmed in the process. A wise man once said: "Ma'am, your friends aren't superman. They can't look out of your walls, they cannot read minds and they are not invincible."
Knowing. How does your neighbor have in mind the difference from your guests, house sitters, cleaning ladies, construction workers, etc. from the burglar impersonating them? Contrary to popular belief, thieves do not go around robbing homes in black ski masks. They will try and blend in. Most homes are robbed throughout the day when we are in work or school.
Acting.
Put yourself inside your neighbor's position. Imagine you're sitting at home watching TV and you also see knock about the door of neighbor's house. There's a landscaping truck out front. The man looks all around the property. You think this could be suspicious. What would you honestly say to police officers should you called? There's a fresh landscaper next door surveying the exact property? Would they even can get you seriously? Do you really need to waste the authorities's time on something like this? Are you being paranoid? You sit, watch, ponder, can't decide, uncertain should you want to get in the center, and lastly justified it by telling yourself it's just a whole new landscaping company in the city and you also turn out doing nothing.
Safety. Even if your neighbor does call police officers, he knows it is going to oftimes be far too late as soon as they arrive so he attempts to be proactive and confronts the burglar. In this case, there's a good chance that this burglar will attack him. You don't need to put your neighbor at risk like this.
It basically comes down to the subsequent three scenarios, with some variations, of course.
If you've got no alarm but really have great neighbors that call the cops, the scenario might go as follows. Burglar, cleverly disguised like a locksmith, picks your locks and walks to your home. Your neighbor becomes suspicious and errs about the side of caution by calling police officers. The police arrive and your home has become ransacked. Thanks, neighbor. "A" for effort! In this case, police are able to take witness statements and license plate numbers hoping seeking the burglar... in fact your stuff has disappeared.
Again, without alarms, if the neighbor will be the get up and act type, the scenario might go as follows. Your neighbor becomes suspicious and confronts the burglar. Burglar uses his crowbar to knock neighbor out. He relates to afterwards and calls police officers. The police arrive as well as your home has been ransacked. All of your neighbor's heroic attempts are in vain. In this case, police are able to take a foggy witness statement from someone using a serious head injury, or worse, hoping locating the burglar. Once again, your stuff has disappeared. And you feel terrible your awesome neighbor was hurt in your account.
In a great world where everyone protected their homes which has a monitored, state-of-the-art wireless security system, this is how it would go. Burglar, cleverly disguised being a locksmith, picks your locks and walks to your home. Alarm sounds. He takes off, your the situation is fine. Police arrive promptly as soon as the monitoring station called you and also you didn't answer. They are able to take witness statements and license plate numbers (out of your awesome neighbors very often look out for you) in hopes of finding the attempted burglar. Also please note any time police receive signals that the door was forcibly opened, they get it a lot more seriously than your neighbor reporting a locksmith working in your home.
Bottom line: certainly be a good neighbor and don't impose the responsibility of watching over your home on other people. It's not fair in their mind and it's simply ineffective.
12 February 2019
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