Show Some Good Advice on Prevention of Crime Lieutenant C C. J. J J L Larson r he head o of the h Sugarhouse police detail offered s som some m excellent crime prevention advice to fo I businessmen following a 1200 Sugarhouse Sugarhouse Sugar Sugar- ugar- ugar house safecracking the theother other ther day The officer noted that tha t the safe was located in the corner of a windowless storer storeroom om fn a a gr grocery It w was possible for forthe the robbers robbe to ilor Work vork on IJ th st strongbox in perfect security for for- s several v ral hours r Ifo fo one could em or hear them thema as they pounded the e c combination off the th safe an and forced their t r. r w way y l into to th the h bo box This 4 Lieutenant Lieutenan j u e n r Larson on should serve a as as' r a w warning to o. o 9 e mer met merchants chants who wh keep keep- keeps s safes es' es in th their ir stab stab- l No on one Js going g to break into a safe t tHat fB is l in of the ew windows win dows dowse It Its It's is s only those safes af that tha are a hidden fr from m t tiie vieW of pa patrolling p officers f cers that are attractive to thieves This bit of advice on making crime hard rather than e easy sy applies not only to safecracking racking but to man many other kind of criminal activity It doesn doesn't t apply just jut to bus businessmen b but t to th the pub public i gen gen- gen gen- The best crime prevention is the I cooperation of the public i in maki making g criminal criminal crim crim- inal activity difficult V We should make it I hard for a anyone yone to crack a safe or rob roba roba a bank We shouldn't nt m make ke it easy for some someone ne to steal a acar c car r by J v ng i it un- un unlocked un- un locked perhaps even with th the keys in t the e ignition We e to tobe tobe be dishonest by making theft b p valuables or goods simple The best deterrent to crime is the PO potential criminals criminal's fear ar of being c caught The Th harder we make maTe criminal ac activity vity the themore more likely we wem m make ke detection the more more fear of ot arrest mere there re will wil b be be-a be arid barid arid d the 1 l less s crime |