A poll conducted by the non-profit agency Zogby International for Common Sense Media finds that the vast majority of kids think their friends share way too much information online.
This is National Fire Prevention Week so it’s only fitting to start the week off by talking about fire safety.
You’re probably used to hearing stories about copper thieves, but St. Louis is dealing with a slightly different problem – brick thieves.
In Oakland Park, Missouri the police chief has an interesting blog. This week he wrote about a resident who interrupted a burglary in his home at 3 o’clock in the morning. The victim tackled the bad guy twice, but the burglar still got away.
Police in Nashua, New Hampshire, say a band of burglars used social network status updates to select their victims.
In La Margue (near Galveston, Texas), police say a homeowner shot and killed a man who apparently was trying to break-in.
In West Vancouver, Canada, officials have introduced a new kind of speed bumps – ones that look like children playing in the road.
Leaving valuables in your vehicles is a big no, no. Although this rule of thumb is probably right up there with, “don’t talk to strangers”, many of us do both. However, it’s never too late to change.
Burglars posing as utility workers stole from two nearby homes in Torrance near Los Angeles. In each case, the men lured residents into the backyard to discuss a problem with their utilities. While one distracted the resident, the other entered the home and took property.

