Prevention of thefts from dacha households

Almost every crime is committed due to a careless attitude towards the safety of their property by the victims themselves and a low level of security of the places where it is stored. Thieves love easy prey. Even the simplest precautions will help you keep your property safe: equip your home, garage, and outbuildings with reliable locking devices and security alarm systems.

One type of "easy prey" for thieves is theft from summer cottages. In the Postavy district in 2020, compared to 2019, there was an increase in the total number of thefts committed from summer cottages from 1 to 5 (or +4). Of these, the persons who committed the thefts were identified in 2 cases (2019 – 0). The clearance rate for crimes of this type was 40% (2019 – 0% or -40%).

Based on the analysis by territorial division, no crimes of this type were registered in horticultural partnerships. All thefts were committed from citizens' houses used by them as summer cottages. The largest number of crimes from summer cottages were committed in Voropaevsky rural council – 3 (Yasyuki village, Voropaevo urban settlement – 2) (2 solved), 1 crime was committed in the Kamaisky rural council, Zharskie village (this crime was not solved), 1 crime was committed in the Yun'kovsky rural council, Solovyi village (this crime was not solved). As can be seen, the largest number of crimes of this type this year were committed in the Voropaevsky rural council.

The objects of criminal encroachments were: household appliances, electrical equipment – 2 facts, non-ferrous metals -1, alcoholic beverages, food products – 2.

By time of crime (months of detection):

January – 2;

February -2;

April – 1;

By method of commission, all crimes were committed by breaking into summer cottages through doors, windows, transoms, taking advantage of the insufficient technical security of the households.

In 2020, there is an increase in this type of crime (+4). In general, the operational situation related to thefts from summer cottages in the district is stable and under the control of law enforcement agencies. No crimes of this type were allowed in horticultural partnerships. At the same time, the analysis indicates the detection of these crimes in the spring and summer periods, which indicates their commission in the winter and spring periods during the prolonged absence of owners in their summer cottages. Most crimes of the type under consideration were committed by breaking in, due to insufficient technical security of the households.

We would like to recommend several simple, but at the same time effective measures for the safety of their property to the owners of summer cottages:

- always lock the dacha, even when you leave it for a short time;

- remove valuable items from the dacha for the autumn-winter period;

- neighbors, help each other, report suspicious persons appearing in the area of dacha arrays and horticultural partnerships to the police by phone 102, reporting the signs of the intruders and the transport they are using.

- equip the dacha with security alarm systems (for questions regarding the cost of services and the procedure for concluding contracts, please contact Postavy, Yubileynaya St., 2B, tel.: 4-70-69, 4-7056) and video surveillance systems.

Head of the Public Security Department of the Postavy District Department of Internal Affairs

Police Lieutenant Colonel Sologub Dmitry Alexandrovich

tel. 7541729