Facing pressure from Hills residents, Sheriff’s Office addresses rising burglary rates
Courtesy of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office
A map of some of the 31 residential burglaries committed in Los Altos Hills in 2020.
In 2017, Portland, Ore., television news station KGW8 sent questionnaires to 86 inmates serving time in the Oregon Department of Corrections for burglary-related offenses.
Do you typically knock on the front door before breaking into a home or apartment? the media outlet inquired.
Yes, we do, all respondents replied.
Would hearing a radio or television playing within a home discourage you from breaking in?
Yes, it would, most of the respondents replied.