News Details  Opportunity Crimes: Don't Make It Easy  The
following post is from OCSD Blog Team member Sgt. Eric Nester of
Stanton Police Services.  On many occasions I would scold my mom
for leaving her garage door open. The responses were usually “We
live in a nice area and we don’t have worry about people
stealing anything” or “Well, we don’t have anything worth
stealing in the garage and if they want it they can take it.” I
continued my efforts but to no avail. Then it finally happened.
An unknown suspect went into the open garage and actually didn’t
take any items out of the garage, but they did get into her car
that was parked in the garage. The loss…my mom’s bowling ball
from trunk…the car was left unlocked too. Not much of a take,
but a loss that could have been avoided.  I recall another
garage theft that occurred when the homeowner was getting his
clubs out to play golf. He had his garage door open for a brief
period of time while he grabbed a quick cup of coffee before
driving out to the golf cours