Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "a response to comments about the Albanian burglar" video.

  1. I understand that I’m not focusing on the actual point you’re making here, but hearing you discuss this issue has triggered deep abiding emotions for me. The first rule of being burgled is: You are now on their list. If they get away with it once, they will do it over and over to the same address. They are generally not smart people robbing you, and often rather desperate. Drug addicts are generally the worst, since their carelessness and desperation shows in their methods, which are usually the most destructive. It is worth hiring a private investigator, as identifying the crook/s burgling your house is not usually the problem. Proving it is. Even if there are no obvious clues, you will find that a concerted investigation will quickly track down the culprit. Note: The police didn’t forensically go over your house for clues, did they? They didn’t dust for prints or anything, as they would for a, “serious,” crime, right? They just don’t have the time or resources. When it happened to me, I took an enormous risk (DON’T try this yourself, dear readers) and pursued the burglars myself, that very night. This was in a former life, many years back, and I did it because I had experience from my work background, having worked with criminal types professionally for over 20 years and knew how to approach the burglars when I located them, which was within an hour of the robbery taking place. I literally tricked one of them into coming with me back to my house and into the waiting arms of the police. My actions were irresponsible, really. But I knew the statistics and didn’t want to be on that, “repeat visit,” list. My partner and I were both working full time and I knew that our house would become the local drug addict’s ATM if the culprits weren’t caught swiftly. The only alternative would have meant a change to our lifestyles and spending a fortune on security apparatus, which still wouldn’t have bought us any certainty. I took a calculated risk (under the influence of alcohol) based on what I knew would be the likely, repeated outcome and, having a partner whom I cared deeply for, that factor was the decider for me. I wanted to, “protect,” her. Even though I knew what I was doing, I knew I should not have done it. The two culprits had both just completed prison sentences and the one I lured back was actually being investigated for another, violent, offence and wanted for questioning. But for the grace of God I might have found myself in a physical struggle for my life at any point with this character. Having blown their paroles, they were both shuttled back to jail and the matter was swiftly resolved. All I would say is, take every precaution and don’t be afraid of overkill when it comes to your security arrangements. Burglars a looking for easy access and a quiet place to work. Deny them this and they’ll move on to the next target. If you share your home with others, there really is no excuse not to secure the place. 99% of all burglaries occur because the burglar seized an opportunity presented to them.
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