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Cats Can Be Guard Animals Too! [Videos]

by Carolyn

Attack geese? Guard Llamas? You may not realize it, but there are many animals that are used as alternative options to owning a guard dog. However, one animal that people often overlook for fighting crime is the cat. Cats aren’t usually very aggressive, and don’t normally have a prominent territorial instinct to protect their owners. However, like with any animal, they’re always full of surprises. Douglas Beamish was a Canadian man, who committed a crime in 1994. He was convicted…

Reporter Fails at Breaking in to a Car

by Carolyn

In as little as seven seconds, a thief could successfully steal your car. For experienced car thieves, these few seconds are sufficient to enter your vehicle, sometimes by only using a minimal amount of force. Imagine running in to the bank to make a quick deposit, and returning only to find out that your car has vanished! In some cases, breaking into a car can be a bit difficult. Some thieves just don’t have the proper tools, which can be used…

Burglars Steal TV’s From Dutch Prison

by Carolyn

In the past few months, burglars have broken into a Dutch prison facility at least two times. These break-ins have always been accompanied by the theft of a television set, or other items. According to Dutch officials, the thefts in question occurred during two weekends, which were approximately one month apart – during the months of March and April. The prison facility is generally regarded as a “transition” facility, which helps long-term prisoners to slowly transition back into being a…

14 Funny (and/or Interesting) Home Security Commercials

by Carolyn

The year 1941 was dominated by war-themed headlines, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the opening of the National Gallery of Art, the invention of Cheerios breakfast cereal, and a yearly predicted salary of $1,750 for the average American. However, 1941 also saw the advent of a theme that would subtly influence how our culture developed today – the broadcast of the first-ever television commercial. Watchmaker Bulova paid a staggering $4.00 to have a 10-second advertisement before the baseball game between the…

To Catch a Thief, Man Throws Bicycle

by Carolyn

Have you ever wanted to personally bring justice to a criminal? Do you have the desire to take the law into your own hands? Well, in China, one man decided that he alone had the power to bring two escaping thieves to justice… by using his bicycle as an effective anti-thief weapon. Apparently, two nefarious men thought that they had the perfect heist – to quickly snatch a woman’s purse while racing by on a speeding motor-scooter. The two men…

50 Ways to Fail at Security

by Carolyn

Maybe it’s an xray vision camera? (Source) Which came first…the sign or the camera? Either way, somebody must have been under the influence during that installation! Hopefully nothing worth taping will happen in the next few minutes. (Source) Spend all the money you like on a high-security camera system, they are no match for the oldest trick in the book! Balloons – the burglary tools of the future. Just in case anyone was thinking about stealing that sign. (Source) Displaying…

Humor

Cats Can Be Guard Animals Too! [Videos]

Reporter Fails at Breaking in to a Car

Burglars Steal TV’s From Dutch Prison

14 Funny (and/or Interesting) Home Security Commercials

To Catch a Thief, Man Throws Bicycle

50 Ways to Fail at Security

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