What can you do to avoid becoming a victim of ATM skimming?
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Black Friday brings out thieves along with bargain hunters
What can you do to avoid becoming a victim of Black Friday thievery?
Apple Pickers on the CTA don’t always get away!
Potential victims aren’t too hard to find on the CTA. They are the ones who have their heads down reading their emails, surfing the web, or possibly watching a video on their smartphones or other electronic devices.
Smartphones: Why do we put our safety at risk to answer the call?
We know we should be focused on driving, or the traffic as we attempt to cross the street. We should be paying attention to the person standing next to us on the ‘L’ as we text away, but that phone has its hook into us and we can’t put it away. You have all heard […]
‘Tis the Season to be Wary
While you are out buying presents or visiting with friends and loved one’s keep in mind that there are criminals looking to take advantage of your absence. One or possibly two crews of grinches visited the North Shore suburb of Wilmette last week. They came in the form of burglars who broke into 6 Wilmette […]
Please take my wallet!
When you are walking down the street with ear-buds in or headphones on, listening to music, watching movies, browsing the web, or simply talking to a friend on your cell phone, you are saying to any pickpockets in the area, “Take my wallet, please!” Although the idea of pickpockets carries a mystique of deft, almost […]
Preventing Property Theft
You may be heading to college for the first time, or maybe it will be the start of your 4th, and hopefully last year as an undergrad. Whichever it may be, you are still going to be a major target for property theft. The latest statistics for this crime have not gone down on college […]