Home burglarized while I was camping
I was burglarized while off camping for a week. While enjoying the beautiful beaches of the Florida panhandle I was hit. The Tv's and stuff like that are easy enough to replace but the heirloom jewelr...
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I've been thinking about this. Someone mentioned checking at the local pawn shops.
In my area local pawn shop owners and the police work together. To sell or pawn something at a pawn shop you have to provide photo ID. They then write down, or in some places, scan the ID info. Once a week the local pawn shop owners give the serial numbers from everything that came into the store to the police.
(You do have the serial number and a picture of all your stuff right !! ?? If not you should. Get a picture of the serial numbers too.)
So around here if the stolen stuff shows up a a pawn shop it would be found by the police and the culprit found out.
Maybe some of this theft problem; that so many of you seem to have; is not just because of the thieves but, also part of a bigger problem with both the pawn shop owners and even the local police that have not done a good job of community policing.
If you want these sorts of things to stop maybe we all need to be more proactive and everyone needs to work together to make things better for all.
Sorry if I didn't explain that very well. But, as I said the police and local store owners all work together in may area.
In my area local pawn shop owners and the police work together. To sell or pawn something at a pawn shop you have to provide photo ID. They then write down, or in some places, scan the ID info. Once a week the local pawn shop owners give the serial numbers from everything that came into the store to the police.
(You do have the serial number and a picture of all your stuff right !! ?? If not you should. Get a picture of the serial numbers too.)
So around here if the stolen stuff shows up a a pawn shop it would be found by the police and the culprit found out.
Maybe some of this theft problem; that so many of you seem to have; is not just because of the thieves but, also part of a bigger problem with both the pawn shop owners and even the local police that have not done a good job of community policing.
If you want these sorts of things to stop maybe we all need to be more proactive and everyone needs to work together to make things better for all.
Sorry if I didn't explain that very well. But, as I said the police and local store owners all work together in may area.
