Someone tried to break in

Hi Cilly

Sorry to hear this happened and yes you should definitely report this to the police.

Hibee

Cilly, First file the police report, then managment, and ask for the locks to be changed immediately, Peace

Larry ***

Cilly:

Sorry to hear of this, I know how frightening it can be.

I had someone try to break into my house one day by putting his shoulder onto the door. One of the two door locks broke, the door handle lock did not, so he didn't get in.

It made me realize how fragile door locks are and if it doesn't happen to you, who worries about it? Right.

I rem. a steel pole my aunt had under the door knob that angles 3 feet to the floor. The harder someone pushes, the harder the rubber end goes into the floor or rug, and the floor is not going to give way, is the way I look at it.

And even if someone does have a key to the door handle lock, they're still not going to get into your apt. or house, for this pole device doesn't have a key.

I have such a pole lock for every exterior door. I also have one for my bedroom door, in case someone gets into my living room, I can slip behind my bedroom door, which swings in, and place the bar under the door handle, and they still haven't gotten to me.

I can then call the police.

These poles can be ordered on the net for about $20 each.

On the search engine, I found them under "under knob door security bar" with about 20 places selling them.

Wal-Mart sells them on net and in the store for $15, if they are in stock at your particular store, which can be seen on the website.

Oh, I wouldn't take this lightly. I saw recent True Crime type TV show where a man had a key to a woman's apt., and she saw him and he left.

Later, he broke in to her apt. when she wasn't there, and when she came in, he killed her. So even the steel pole doesn't help you when you leave an apt., when a guy has the key to your door.

This woman took the first incident too lightly in my view. Even if you got the lock changed, maybe this new lock can still be opened by management, with another master key.

I would consider moving, but the next apt. complex has the same problem: someone has the master key.

You can also alert, ideally, all the other residents, and tell them someone has a key and is breaking into the apts. without knocking.

I also don't open my door when someone knocks, but rather talk through it to determine who it is.

cilly:

(this post is actually part of my post to cilly from the "bi-polar" section of this website, under the title "Nightmare on Elm Street."

(I copied it here for it deals with this "someone tried to break in" topic. --Tim Tam)

(The issue here, is, someone has the key to her apt., for he opened the door one day, saw her, and left. So, he can break in when she's not home, and be in the apt. when she gets home.)

I wrote in "bi-polar" section:

A dog helps. Even from my living room, he may bark if someone gets too close to the house, or knocks. Burglars don't like dogs.

I had one who barked when a guy was fixing to break into my house and I was alone, with no car outside, and when he heard my dog bark, he got back in his car. I know that dog saved my life.

If you have a dog in your apartment, which you said you did, the dog may bark if you're not there and he starts to open the door.

He probably won't walk in if your dog is barking (or growling) at him, like this burglar, above, got back in his car when he heard my dog start to bark from inside.

If you come home, and your dog's not there, calling him from the front door, you don't want to go inside, unless you have a policeman with you to make a security check.

I think your dog could be one of the key issues here.

So its good that you have a dog. Treat him good.

I, also, would not open the door if someone knocks. I would talk through the door, if you choose, to find out who it is. Or, not talk, and if they don't go away, you can call the police, and have the steel polls under the doorknob.

Another thing which can help is if you have a positive attitude that you can get through some of this.

"One problem at a time, and be positive about that problem."

Tim Tam