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Sometimes we do not see the risks that we expose ourselves to with regard to security. We need to think about how a burglar’s mind works in order to reduce the risks of becoming a possible victim of a burglary.
Read the following case study and answer the questions that follow.
Miss Brown is 85 years old. She has limited mobility because she recently had a stroke. Miss Brown lives in a bungalow in fairly large grounds surrounded by trees and bushes. However, these have become overgrown since she has been in a nursing home having rehabilitation therapy. Miss Brown can walk slowly, independently, for short distances using a frame.
Now that Miss Brown has returned home, she has support from carers who visit her three times a day. Miss Brown will not give the care workers a key because she is worried that one will have a key cut, resulting in a possible burglary. She therefore leaves the door ‘on the latch’.
The rear door has a cat flap and the garage at the front contains her garden tools, petrol lawnmower and ladder, which she used to use for cleaning her windows.
1 What are the risks that Miss Brown is exposed to? By Miss Brown leaving the door on a latch and leaving her gardening tools in the garage at the front, she is exposing herself to a burglar breaking into her garage and using the tools to break into her bungalow and a possible attack whilst the burglar robes the premises.
2 Why are they risks? By leaving the front door on a latch at Miss Brown age and limited mobility, she has put herself at high risk of vulnerability if a burglar intended to enter her bungalow. This could result in serious injury depending on the burglar motives of burgling the place. 3 What advice could you give to Miss Brown to reduce these risks? Miss Brown has to start trusting her carers by cutting a key for her bungalow. This can be done at a meeting set up by the care provider and family of Miss Brown, as it’s a high security risk.
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Read the following case study and answer the questions that follow.
Miss Brown is 85 years old. She has limited mobility because she recently had a stroke. Miss Brown lives in a bungalow in fairly large grounds surrounded by trees and bushes. However, these have become overgrown since she has been in a nursing home having rehabilitation therapy. Miss Brown can walk slowly, independently, for short distances using a frame.
Now that Miss Brown has returned home, she has support from carers who visit her three times a day. Miss Brown will not give the care workers a key because she is worried that one will have a key cut, resulting in a possible burglary. She therefore leaves the door ‘on the latch’.
The rear door has a cat flap and the garage at the front contains her garden tools, petrol lawnmower and ladder, which she used to use for cleaning her windows.
1 What are the risks that Miss Brown is exposed to? By Miss Brown leaving the door on a latch and leaving her gardening tools in the garage at the front, she is exposing herself to a burglar breaking into her garage and using the tools to break into her bungalow and a possible attack whilst the burglar robes the premises.
2 Why are they risks? By leaving the front door on a latch at Miss Brown age and limited mobility, she has put herself at high risk of vulnerability if a burglar intended to enter her bungalow. This could result in serious injury depending on the burglar motives of burgling the place. 3 What advice could you give to Miss Brown to reduce these risks? Miss Brown has to start trusting her carers by cutting a key for her bungalow. This can be done at a meeting set up by the care provider and family of Miss Brown, as it’s a high security risk.
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