What happened in my nice family's neighborhood in Anchorage last fall. Same criminals breaking into cars and homes. The cops said they pick them up and the prosecutors give them a fine ( that's effective)  instead of jailing them, no room at the crowbar inn But like in my home in Hawaii we formed a neighborhood watch, got the state to buy signs, got the local cops to ride around a few more times a day and I put in a security system that was not expensive and very effective. We have reduced break-ins by over 1/2 just in a short time. My family in Anchorage took the same measures this winter and created a community who took the welcome away from the criminals and crime is gone. We can and did a lot of actions that reduced break-ins where we live, we are not so frail and helpless that we can't deter crime. The cars that were stolen or going to be stolen, many had keys in the starter. My friend had a anti-theft siren on her car, was not armed and someone tried to steal it and failed.