When you are getting ready to go somewhere or are preparing to arrive somewhere, you need to make sure that everything in your vehicle is secured in an area that is not visible to outsiders who may be walking by your car and looking in the windows.
Ideally, when you want to go out anywhere, and you are driving your personal vehicle, you should always make every effort to secure everything in your car before you leave. The reason for this is because criminals will often scan parking lots or other common areas and will actually watch people as they sit in their cars and fidget around while they try to hide whatever it is that they don t want you to see. However, what they don t realize is that it is too late; someone is watching where they are putting their various items.
There are various items that people carelessly leave out in their vehicles such as cell phones, loose change or actual paper bills and jewelry to name a few. Why jewelry, you may wonder? The simpler explanation for why this is most often an occurrence is due to the fact that when many people go to the gym or go to a park to exercise, they will often take off their rings, earrings, bracelets and/or necklaces so that they are less restricted while they exercise or work out. However, what they often fail to realize is that jewelry is something that you should really take care of ahead of time at home. For example, if you know that you want to attend the gym to work out and you are not a person who likes to wear jewelry while you exercise, make sure that you store it before you get into your car. If you, for some reason, prefer to keep it in your vehicle, then at least make sure that you bring an opaque bag to put the items in, or at best, place your jewelry out of sight in an area of your vehicle that is covered such as your glove box, under your seat or in the middle console area (if it is covered).
There is no reason why you shouldn t secure your vehicle. Whenever you exit your vehicle, you should always conduct a quick, last minute scan of everything inside of the car to make sure that there is nothing tempting that is left out even things that you may not think are tempting to a thief. When I was a police officer, I responded to call of a car break in. It turns out that the person had just come back from the laundry mat and had a bunch of clothes careless thrown in the back seat of their car. The person who broke into their car walked by and glanced in the window. Seeing all of the clothing strewn about, the thief actually thought that the person was trying to cover something up, and therefore, the thief broke into the car. Whenever you are traveling somewhere, make sure that your car is locked and that you leave your vehicle looking as empty as possible so that no one is even remotely tempted to break into it.
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