Fishers is a very safe place and it is to our credit that crime is rare here.  However, that doesn’t mean crime is totally absent from our fair city.  I was reminded of that during a recent chat with Police Sergeant Tom Weger, the media relations point person for local law enforcement.

Sergeant Weger talked about how people living in certain neighborhoods have a tendency to leave valuable items in their unlocked vehicles, which is an invitation for someone with evil intent to steal your valuables.  Keeping your items in the trunk is not a guarantee the thieves will leave you alone, but it greatly lowers your probabilities of being a crime victim.

A good example of keeping valuables out of sight would be garage door openers.  Never have your garage door opener in your car parked on the street or in a driveway.

Living in a low-crime city is a good thing, but letting down our guard on basic prevention steps is not the way to act.  Let’s keep Fishers a low-crime area by using some common sense.