Gda Sgt Paul Wallace says criminals are looking to cash in on your property over the festive period.
Here’s what he has to say:
BY SGT PAUL WALLACE
You can afford to lose nothing!
➢ Keep a sharp eye on strange vehicles in the vicinity of your farm & elderly neighbours.
➢ Restrict access onto your property; maintain your boundary fences, hedges and walls.
➢ Install a monitored intruder alarm to your home and buildings that are vulnerable.
➢ Lighting – Illuminate areas which are overlooked from your home.
➢ Shopping – Ask a neighbour to look over your property when you are out shopping, (you can also return the favour).
➢ Be careful to lock your shopping/gifts in the boot of your car – remember the elves (oops) the thieves are about.
Mark / Record your Property
➢ Photograph machinery & equipment.
➢ Keep a record of the serial numbers markings on equipment.
➢ Use your unique code and registered number for example Garda/PSNI/IFA Scheme in the Northern Garda Region.
➢ Use overt and covert marking i.e. Obvious and Hidden marking.
Elderly:
➢ Check on older persons over the Christmas & New Year Holiday Periods.
➢ Remember older people love to receive a visit, or telephone call it can be that simple.
➢ Older people in isolated, rural mountainous areas are especially vulnerable at this time of year.
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