Robberies
Just a comment on the recent garage break-ins. Our garage was opened remotely Monday after midnight but we ran out and stopped it half way up. We did not find any people but did hear a vehicle drive away from probably Logan Canyon. (We are on Millville St.) Our neighbor’s garage was also opened remotely a few weeks ago, but they ran out and actually chased a suspect. We are being told that old garage door openers had rolling codes of thousands of numbers (frequencies?), but new openers have many fewer frequencies making it easier to “break the code”. So my theory is that thieves are targeting new subdivisions because we all have new openers and the builders tend to use mainly the same brands of openers. It leads me to think that most of us are not leaving our doors open, but the criminals open them and leave them open. I remember a few years ago, a friend told us that cars were being stolen out of garages and we couldn’t figure out how that could happen! Anyway, we have discovered our garage door opener has a lock key that we can push and lock the doors from being opened by remote. It’s been there forever but we never needed it and never noticed it. We use it now and the door from our garage into our house is locked also! Hope this is of some use to someone! John and Dale Evans
August 21st, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Wow, where did that button come from? One more way to keep the predators away. There were a few times we left the house for the day, and I was sure the garage hit the ground and stopped, yet we returned to find it open. Although Rox says I’m still a bit crazy, I can at least feel a bit less so.
We installed motion and audio sensors in the garage in case the doors came open while we were away, as the alarm system calls our cell phones to alert us of trouble. But not opening at all sure is better. Thanks for posting that lock button info!
Andrew & Roxanne Landsman