Category Archives: burglary

The Risks of GPS Jammers

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

A little over 10 years ago I sold a Fleet Management and GPS system to a company wanting to track and optimise around 600 vehicles. Within a couple of weeks of the first installations, I started getting calls from their … Continue reading →

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What is the Best Home Security for 2020?

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

House burglaries, theft of, and from cars in people’s driveways, porch pirates are all things we have to deal with today and of course even more so leading up to the Christmas Holidays. What I really want to share with … Continue reading →

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Crime Map Helps Community to Alert Each Other and Reduce Crime

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

KEPR Action News reports that businesses in Richland Washington appreciate Police having developed a crime map for the city. This app stores crimes and the location they were alleged to have taken place for up to 180 days. Retailers and … Continue reading →

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You Can Pick Your Neighbors – Don’t End Up with Neighbors from Hell!

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

I have another video coming up in my series of 5 Top Mistakes People Make When They Are Buying a House. It’s about neighbors. I have been recommending that people talk to the neighbors of a property they are seriously … Continue reading →

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Thousands of People in England and Wales to be GPS Tagged

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

I just read this BBC story where after a 17 months pilot, the MoJ is going to put tags on thousands of criminals, mostly in preference to community sentences which are obviously expensive to manage. In the past they used … Continue reading →

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House Hunting in Auckland with the Barfoot and Thompson Real Estate App

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

It’s been 5 years since I last looked at the Barfoot & Thompson Real Estate App. I did a brief review of it back in 2013. That version was a finalist in the Designers Institute Best Designers Award and they … Continue reading →

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On Neighbors, Earthquakes and Terrorism

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

Yesterday I read an article called What to do in a Terrorist Attack in your Neighborhood on a website called RealEstateAgent.com. I thought why would this be relevant to me? I live in a country where the only terrorism attack … Continue reading →

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There’s a Facebook Stalker Waiting to Burgle Your Home

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

I recently wrote an article on LinkedIn about how there are criminals who prey on people who put out ‘public’ posts about cool big boys toys or other items that they own. Things like shots of the boat on a … Continue reading →

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