20 Things Combat Veterans Do That Make Burglars Skip Their House

📘 Want to support the channel and get something back for it? Here are my 101 fixes for the house and the car — written plain, indexed by symptom: https://dalerwhitfield.com/ The house with two cameras and a security sign got broken into on a weekday afternoon. Walt's, at the end of the same street, has never been touched, and his lock was cheaper than theirs. Retired Master Sergeant Dale Whitfield spent thirty years keeping thieves out of an Army supply room on a tight budget. In this video he walks through 20 things combat veterans do to make burglars skip their house. Most of them are free, all of them are legal, and none of them need a gun, heavy lifting or a monitoring contract. The list follows the Army's three rules: deter, detect, delay. You'll learn why you should never let on that you live alone (OPSEC), why tall shrubs give a burglar cover, where to keep your spare key, and how lamp timers, solar motion lights, door chime alarms and pea gravel make a quiet intruder easy to see and hear. Then come the cheap fixes that slow him down: sash stops for windows, the dowel and anti-lift block for sliding doors, the garage emergency-release cord trick, a bedroom door brace and the two-man trick to watch out for at your door. You'll also hear what a survey of more than 400 convicted burglars found about alarms, and why a monthly monitoring plan isn't the whole answer. Number one is the cheap front door fix that kept Walt's house safe, and most homeowners have never looked at it. If someone you love is the only one turning the locks at night, subscribe so these checklists reach them too. #HomeSecurity #BurglaryPrevention #VeteranTips