Well 3 weeks ago there was a swat call out a couple blocks away for an armed barracade situation. About ten minutes ago I was at my front door trying to figure out what direction the female screams and gunshots were coming from!!!!!!!!!! Seems it was about a block away! No I dont live in Beruit! I live in a middle class neighborhood. Bases on what i could glean off the scanner, a woman was on her way to the hospital and someone was in custody.......I think its time to remain strapped around the property!!!!

Its amazing the help a little scanner can give ya People have NO idea what actually happens close to their homes.

 

But on a more serious note, thats a hell of a thing to hear from your front door.

I think its time to remain strapped around the property!!!!

 

You don't already do that?

Shane, time to re-evaluate the living situation? =P

People would be shocked to know what goes on in their neighborhood. When the sun goes down, the evil ones come out to play. Bad stuff can happen, and does happen, everywhere.

Last year there was a police standoff 5 doors down from my house. Woman beld her kids hostage with a knife. I live at the end o a dead end. 11pm at night and on my motorcycle i was not allowed to go home. They said "i dont care where you go, just cant go home" you know what its like trying to find somewhere to go that time of night on a weekday and a motorcycle??

 

By the time it was fown, they shot the house full of gas and went in, no one was injured.

People would be shocked to know what goes on in their neighborhood. When the sun goes down, the evil ones come out to play. Bad stuff can happen, and does happen, everywhere.

 

Especially the "upscale" neighborhoods, where no one bothers to lock their doors.

I live in the nicest part of my town and that pushed me to get an alarm. But a have quite a few armed neighbors. A scanner might be a nice investment. I have one on my phone but rarely use it.

I was one of those people who thought "I live in a safe neighborhood, I even have two cops living on the same street". Then I start hearing about break-ins of nearby restaurants. And then this happens: http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2011/07/dispute_over_parking_spot_led.html

Too close. Think I'll get a scanner.

However, having a German Shepherd and living in the worst house on the block are two good steps towards security. The loaded 1911 helps too.

My neighbors are 2 local pd, a probation officer and a FBI agent. The guy next to me has a 30' flagpole with a don't tread on me flag so my guess would be he has some sort of firearm. I also have on neighbor who is like a 60 year old doctor and his wife. If I was to pick a house to rob it would be that one. My house wouldn't be the chosen one between the clearly marked alarm and big dog.

Remember Amadou Diallo & 41 shots from the NYPD?

I would get the heck out of dodge before getting hit by random stray gunfire by your friendly PD

Shane you have too many northerners moving into your neighbor hood..LOl..

 

It was probably DV..

After my house was burglerised during the day while I was at work I installed one of these alarms. Her name is Princess.

Mine's name is Jack.

NO DOUBT Tony!!!! The time a scanner really proved its self valuable to me was when the call came over that two black males armed with pistoles smashed in the windows of a car at the red light 1 block away from my house. They robbed the occupants at gunpoint of all their possesions except their cell phone. They called 911 and the PD blocked off my block and got out K-9 for the search. This meant to me that potentially two armed men were looking for somewhere to hole up on my block! So the value was in being able to be prepared.

People would be shocked to know what goes on in their neighborhood. When the sun goes down, the evil ones come out to play. Bad stuff can happen, and does happen, everywhere.

Especially when the criminally insane zombies live in your backyard!

(Well, just across the property line)

People would be shocked to know what goes on in their neighborhood. When the sun goes down, the evil ones come out to play. Bad stuff can happen, and does happen, everywhere.

 

is it bad that my goal in life is to NOT live in a neighborhood at all..

 

the best neighborhood is one withing neighbors.. dont get me wrong there can be good people.. but all it takes is one bad one..

is it bad that my goal in life is to NOT live in a neighborhood at all..

 

Bad stuff can happen no matter where you live.

 

Alarm system - Check

Gun - Check

Dog - Check

 

Diesel

 

 

 

 

There have been 25 robberies in my 500 home subdivision in the past year. That does not count dozen of car break ins etc etc.

 

Criminals are getting more brazen and desperate. Simple little things can keep them out of your house. Thorny bushes around your windows, locks that are apparent, visisible dog items (house, chew toys, stakeouts), lights, stereo and tv on timers for when occupants are out of the home.

 

Thankfully, they are getting stupider now also... videotaping themselve robbing, vandalizing or selling item close by.

It seems times are getting weirder. Last week my corner store got robbed at gunpoint, the other night some nut was rolling a giant satellite dish down the block and then some edp was walking around my neighborhood with 9 super soakers on him like he was ready for a forest fire. WTF. I am not moving.

It seems times are getting weirder. Last week my corner store got robbed at gunpoint, the other night some nut was rolling a giant satellite dish down the block and then some edp was walking around my neighborhood with 9 super soakers on him like he was ready for a forest fire. WTF. I am not moving.

 

You better not move! You could run your own PPV cable channel out your front window!

I never had much issues in East Brunswick other than some rambunctious teens who couldn't handle their weed, then the gang tags started to appear and increased LEO activity in Winding Wood which was just behind us.

We moved to Monroe and lo and behold... in the welcome packet a letter from the chief warning us of push ins and scams, then a robbery last week in the vicinity. Vladtepes has the right idea...strive for no neighbors at all.

There have been 25 robberies in my 500 home subdivision in the past year. That does not count dozen of car break ins etc etc.

 

Just a pet peeve of mine... are you talking about robberies(items taken by force) or burglaries(items taken while the owner was not around)? Seems incredibly high for robberies.

Mine's name is Jack.

 

Great looking dog..

Bad stuff can happen no matter where you live.

 

Alarm system - Check

Gun - Check

Dog - Check

 

 

Another good looking Shepard.. Damn my girls for wanting a barking cat at the end of the school year...

Another good looking Shepard.. Damn my girls for wanting a barking cat at the end of the school year...

I'm in the same boat, wife wants the yapper that's all over television,I want a boxer but will settle for a small working breed...Corgi I think.

my bad... burglaries.

Especially the "upscale" neighborhoods, where no one bothers to lock their doors.

We get hit the worst, and you would think rich people would be smart..... wake up... hey where did my BWM go? oh that's right i left the keys in it... 3 years now the local paper has done nothing but warn people to lock up, yet every week in the paper an entire street gets hit where cars are unlocked and everything is taken, including the car if the keys are in it. We had the local gamestop get robbed at gun point just a month or 2 ago... its been getting progressivly worse every couple months and i do sleep with my 92 at the bed side. Locks and alarms dont do anything anymore, thieves are now cutting phone lines and just smash widows out when they know your not home.