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The nights are darker now, burglars are on the prowl. A break-in at your home PFS
or a theft of property can be a traumatic experience. Over the next three pages,
Sergeant Bob Walton from the Swindon Crime Prevention Unit suggests how SECURITY
to improve the security of your home and belongings. SYSTEMS

Confuse the crook ted by people who do not pre-plan things, to collect parcels left on the INSTALLATION &
Whenever I go to a person's home their crimes. These are 'opportun- doorstep or to push the newspaper MAINTENANCE OF
to give crime prevention advice I ist' criminals who are constantly through the door, anything that INTRUDER-FIRE
am always asked about locks, bolts on the look-out for a suitable tar- gives the impression that the house
and burglar alarms. get. They are looking for those tell is occupied. ALARM SYSTEMS
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Inspector Richard Rowland from Westlea Police Station reports
LIGHTING
Burglaries Appeal to parents • Easy to fit, no tools required
At this time last year, we were One last concern we have is the • Fits ceiling and table lamps
very concerned about the high regular complaint of youths hang- • Night light automatically switches
level of house break-ins in the ing around on street corners, shop- on at dusk and off at dawn
Green-meadow / Haydon Wick ar- ping centres and so on. • Audio light automatically switches on
eas. These groups often intimidate in response to sound during the
So far this year the level has the more vulnerable people in the hours of darkness
reduced to less than half, due in no community merely by their pres- • Guardian light automatically switches
small part to our efforts to target ence and sometimes by their foul on and off at random intervals during
individual criminals as well as in- language. the hours of darkness
vestigating each crime. But we However, as you can imagine,
cannotbe complacent. Please make when police officers are called it is Aura Products are designed to help you protect yourself
sure your home is secure and hide very difficult for us to take posi- and your home against crime. They are designed and
those ready wrapped gifts to deter tive action as they obviously do
manufactured in the UK and carry a minimum 1 year
the opportunist thief ruining your not commit offences in front of us.
Christmas. Can I please appeal to parents to guarantee. For further information and delivery,
Cycle thefts ask themselves what their teenage please phone 0114 276 6223 and ask for Julie.
Pedal cycles are an increasing tar- children are doing in their spare
get for thieves. Many are stolen time. Are they hanging around in PERSONAL ATTACK
from inadequately secured garden groups? Are they becoming in- ALARM
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