Things can be replaced its just so sad

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Well it might take me several minutes to attempt to kick in a door. However, back in Virginia I almost had someone gain entry with me in the house. I saw three suspects entering my driveway on foot in mask! So- I dead bolted my door and called 911. They attempted to kick the door in but something spooked them--(I had dogs). No entry gained.

However--they busted out my whole door jam in one kick! Not sure which one did (big guy or all three)..but ONE kick and my door was twisted and could easily had been pushed opened again.

So--FYI, if you have not ever tried to KICK in a front door--I think that it can be done within seconds!:police::police:

Keep an eye out please-- I don't live far from that area!

Depending on the quality of the door and lock, yes it can be kicked in relatively easy.

Just goes to remind us that we don't live in a bubble, or a gated community. TV is fantastic, but no matter where you are, there will be people who try to take advantage of others. This may happen once in a blue moon, but I don't want that once to be me, so I have a security system. They see my sign and move on to something else. Even stupid burglars are smarter than that. Why set off an alarm, and have the police dispatched when they can go somewhere else without those deterrants. Call ADT, Frontpoint, Vivant, or some other security system provider and have peace of mind. I use Frontpoint and I couldn't be happier.

You know we have posted on to have a system and most of us said no..now I am thinking a little different.

Many people on this board say things like this don't happen in TV. Is this the first time?

Or you could get a big barking poop machine - my two would scare off Godzilla - now if they had a gun that could be a different story. We lived in "the hood" in historic Wilmington NC and I never hesitated to let people know where my two fur friends lived and never had a problem; however, one day the alarm went off while I was home (took me a half hour to rip the wires out of the wall to silence it) and no one even came to see if their was a problem. Alarms were so common place most people just ignored them.

Can I just get a sign without the alarm, that would accomplish the goal of moving the burglars to my neighbors house, no?

You can get fake cameras and alarm stickers on ebay.

Was there an article in today's Sun? I looked, but didn't see one.

They didn't just come in, the knocked down the door! Time for jail bars!

To kick in a door the perps had to know that the home owners weren't home so they probably observed them leave. Or perhaps they rang the bell first. Who knows but I'm not surprised or even concerned. I am vigilent about security and know that bad people live everywhere so take precautions, get deadbolts, an alarm system if that helps you to feel secure and know that random crime is everywhere. We are an enclave that looks affluent and seniors are considered sitting ducks. Still I feel safter here than anyplace else I've lived and I've lived in some upscale communities.

Seems to be a lot we don't know about this incident or at least have questions. Did someone knock the door down and take time to ransack the house at 11am? Or was this when the police arrived following maybe a break in during the night when everybody in the neighborhood was sleeping? Also, I assume the residents were not home at the time of the break in, no? We all know there are "bad people" everywhere----even in TV. I do know this area is built out or very very close to build out and there would have been some people in the neighborhood out and about at 11am on any given day just like any village neighborhood in TV. OP, do you have any further details without getting into privacy issues which I'm sure all of us want to respect??

We had a neighbor in our previous neighborhood who worked for a Security company and sold security systems. He had a sign and no system. Too funny.

I love this statistic from our former (urban) county up north: 95 PERCENT of all break-ins occurred in homes WITHOUT DOGS. A barking dog is your best deterrent.