Holiday Theft Prevention Tips From the Humboldt County Sheriff

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This is a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff

Protect your home from holiday theft

The holidays are almost here! While we enjoy the gifts that come with this season, they also bring an increase in theft activity. Protect yourself from theft this holiday season by taking a few simple precautions. Holiday Safety Tips (all information on this image is in the article text)

Protect from Package Thieves

All year round, but especially during the holidays, law enforcement receives reports of packages stolen right off the doorstep. To make sure your holiday gifts are safe, monitor when your packages are expected to arrive and don’t leave them on your porch or in your mailbox. Many delivery services allow you to sign up for delivery alerts and may even allow you to schedule a drop off time for when you are home. If possible, you can also ship your packages to your workplace or have a neighbor who is home during the day collect your packages for safekeeping.

Protect from Car Prowlers

Whether out shopping for gifts or loading up for a holiday party, be sure to keep the interior of your vehicle clean. Never leave gifts or shopping bags in plain sight. Lock valuables in your trunk or remove them before exiting your vehicle. Also, be sure to remove all gifts and items of value from the vehicle when leaving it overnight.

Protect from Home Burglars

Having your Christmas tree in the front window may look great, but it’s also an invitation for burglars to check out what you have under the tree. Consider setting up your tree in a location not easily seen by passersby. If moving your tree to another location is not an option, be sure to cover your windows with blinds or curtains overnight and while you are away from your home. Another option is to wait to put presents under the tree until it’s time to unwrap them.

After those presents are opened, be sure to break down all boxes and place them in the garbage or recycling. If packaging is too big to fit in the receptacles, drop it off at the dump. Do not leave packaging materials outside your home for garbage collection. Leaving a box for a brand new TV, or other gifts, outside your home alerts thieves to high-dollar items inside and puts you at an increased risk of a home burglary.

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office wishes you a safe and happy holiday season!

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ron boyes
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ron boyes
5 years ago

so now the Star on top of the tree says sheriff-coroner..

Central HumCo
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Central HumCo
5 years ago
Reply to  ron boyes

~ a dual hat wearing facade. All hail Honsal. Scary.

Divide by Zero
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Divide by Zero
5 years ago

“Insured by Smith and Wesson”

Willie Caso-Mayhem
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5 years ago

Damn I always thought that just a flashing red light would do.

Stormy
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Stormy
5 years ago

Yeah, but when you report a grow house on your block they take weeks to get back to you and then claim “it’s not our jurisdiction,” even though the COUNTY drug task force offices are mere blocks from the criminals. Typical HumCo LEO (law evasion organization). POP did nothing too. So folks, don’t worry about holiday crime, we have a PRESS RELEASE to save you! BS

Disgusting supervisors
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Disgusting supervisors
5 years ago

The theives are warning of thievery

Joe
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Joe
5 years ago

Good one!

I like stars
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I like stars
5 years ago

Don’t leave home. Don’t have nice things. Have a nice day. HCSO

LostCoastEMP
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LostCoastEMP
5 years ago
Reply to  I like stars

Yep stars. Tweeker theives Love Christmas time. All those nice things that you busted your ass off at work to buy your loved ones will just be taken, unpunished, to supply drugs for someone who is “sick” and less fortunate than you. Isn’t california great. PS. If you see a crime being committed….. don’t intervene or you will be sued or go to jail.

I like stars
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I like stars
5 years ago
Reply to  LostCoastEMP

Indeed. I’m afraid it’s only a matter of time until we read of someone whose car is broken into during a daytrip to the beach or redwoods, who then returns home to find it has been burglarized too. 🙁

A family’s entire 5th wheel home (including all their possessions) was stolen a few months ago.

Al
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Al
5 years ago
Reply to  LostCoastEMP

Lostcoast,
thanks.

Disgusting supervisors
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Disgusting supervisors
5 years ago

Huuh!!! Don’t leave home, don’t have nice things. Is that some kind of a riddle !!! Doesn’t really make sense for the story or the dialog.

Willie caos- mayhem
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5 years ago

Actually it’s good advice.

Ullr rover
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Ullr rover
5 years ago

“The Police Have No Obligation To Protect You. Yes, Really.”

“In cases such as DeShaney v. Winnebago County (1989) and Castle Rock v. Gonzales (2005), the Supreme Court has declined to put police and other public authorities under any general duty to protect individuals from crime. The decisions have been broadly unpopular, but Mike McDaniel at PJ Media takes the Court’s side on policy grounds: “This [lack of a particularized duty] might seem absolutely outrageous, but it is logical, rational, and unquestionably necessary.””

https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/12/the-police-have-no-obligation-to-protect-you-yes-really/
https://pjmedia.com/blog/the-police-have-no-obligation-to-protect-you-yes-really/

Willie caos- mayhem
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5 years ago
Reply to  Ullr rover

They did take the protect and serve off there cars.

Central HumCo
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Central HumCo
5 years ago

I suggest that if an individual really wants to be free then they should begin to act free themselves; that is, choose to be free.

Working within the system means to become a part of the system. You can’t use fraud to get out of fraud. And, it’s all fraud. You cannot do right by doing wrong.

Speak about liberty with conviction and expose tyranny with calm resolve. Free association, strong family ties and good will in the community all diminish and undermine the power and legitimacy of the State. The State is thus shown up to be unnecessary, unneeded and unwanted when people act free.

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
5 years ago
Reply to  Central HumCo

In order to be free, quit your job and argue on the internet.

Done!

Willie caos- mayhem
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5 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

No more wake and baked for you.

Al
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Al
5 years ago

bboy,
well said.