Safety Recommendations
For the safety of your family and all our Association members
The Board has learned of multiple instances of strangers trespassing on private property in Amberwoods. Several involved strangers walking along the side of the house in the middle of the night and heading for the backyard, and then turning around and walking towards the front. One day this week around 9pm, an owner found a stranger sleeping on their lawn.
For the safety of your family and all of our HOA members, we ask that you notify the PBC Sheriff of unusual activity. The main phone # is 561-687-6510 and the website is https://www.pbso.org/our-communities/d7
You can also file a suspicious activity report online https://www.pbso.org/inside-pbso/law-enforcement/homeland-security#report-suspicious-activity-that-may-relate-to-terrorism
For the safety of your family and all of our HOA members, we ask that you notify the PBC Sheriff of unusual activity. The main phone # is 561-687-6510 and the website is https://www.pbso.org/our-communities/d7
You can also file a suspicious activity report online https://www.pbso.org/inside-pbso/law-enforcement/homeland-security#report-suspicious-activity-that-may-relate-to-terrorism
To discourage strangers from entering your property, consider adding "no trespassing/video recording" signs, and motion activated light bulbs and/or dusk-to-dawn flood lights to your property. Here are some inexpensive examples:
Motion Activated Flood Light: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Defiant-270-Black-Motion-Sensor-Battery-Powered-Outdoor-3-Head-Dusk-to-Dawn-LED-Security-Flood-Light-1300-Lumens-HB-2813-BK/324633812
Motion Activated Light Bulb: https://www.homedepot.com/p/EcoSmart-60-Watt-Equivalent-A19-Dimmable-CEC-Motion-Sensor-LED-Light-Bulb-with-Selectable-Color-Temperature-1-Pack-11A19060WCCTM01/318284616
Actions That Don’t Cost the Owner Anything:
• Lock vehicle every night; don’t leave anything valuable inside. PBSO says that 90% of vehicle break-ins are not actual break-ins because it turns out that the vehicle wasn’t locked. The thieves are “opportunistic” and if a vehicle is locked they usually move on.
• Remove garage door remote from vehicle every night.
• Bring vehicle keys into the house. If vehicle has remote lock, lock vehicle from inside the house when you lock up the rest of the house.
• Keep keys by bedside at night and use the “panic” button to start vehicle alarm if break-in occurs.
• If vehicle is “push-button start”, store the key fob in the house and far enough away that the vehicle won’t start if a thief breaks into the vehicle.
• Take PBSO Security Self-survey https://www.pbso.org/crime-prevention-surveys
• Remove garage door remote from vehicle every night.
• Bring vehicle keys into the house. If vehicle has remote lock, lock vehicle from inside the house when you lock up the rest of the house.
• Keep keys by bedside at night and use the “panic” button to start vehicle alarm if break-in occurs.
• If vehicle is “push-button start”, store the key fob in the house and far enough away that the vehicle won’t start if a thief breaks into the vehicle.
• Take PBSO Security Self-survey https://www.pbso.org/crime-prevention-surveys
Actions That Require Financial Investment by the Owner:
• If vehicle doesn’t have an alarm, invest in an after-market alarm.
• Keep front lights on all night. If needed, add a front post light for extra light.
• Add always-on or motion-activated video cameras and lights to front of house and put a sign in the front yard.
• Clean out garage (donate/rent a storage locker) and park 1 or 2 vehicles in the garage.
• Secure interior door between garage and house from inside with a deadbolt.
• Invest in a monitored home security system and put a sign in the front yard.
• Keep front lights on all night. If needed, add a front post light for extra light.
• Add always-on or motion-activated video cameras and lights to front of house and put a sign in the front yard.
• Clean out garage (donate/rent a storage locker) and park 1 or 2 vehicles in the garage.
• Secure interior door between garage and house from inside with a deadbolt.
• Invest in a monitored home security system and put a sign in the front yard.