Crime call #2

Years ago while I was still a crime prevention specialist, I received a call from a man who was looking for a particular officer who had helped him in the past. I explained that the officer wasn’t available, and in fact had retired about six months before. The man became really upset insisting that only this officer could help him. After talking to him for a while and assuring him that I would do everything I could to help, he told me that the officer had been coming out once a year to help him fix his home security.

Well, that sounded a little off because officers don’t usually get that involved in home security issues. Mostly they will offer some general advice. Anything more in depth they would refer citizens to a crime prevention specialist. So, of course I told this citizen that home security was one of fields of expertise and assured him I could help.

That was when he hit me with the big question, “So, you have some of that special foil too?”

I’m thinking oh no here we go again. “Hum, what foil are you talking about exactly?”

“You know that UFO foil!” he explained.

“Aaaa, UFO foil?”

“Yeah! About 3 years ago he came to my house and I explained how those UFO’s kept hanging around over my house and making my brain buzz.”

“Really!?” I mean what else could I say? At some point you have to strap yourself in and ride it out.

“Yeah, he walked around the house with me and looked at all my windows. He realized right away what was wrong.”

“And, what was that?”

“I was using the wrong kind of foil on my windows. He left and came back later with the right stuff and helped me cover my windows. It was great! The buzzing stopped right away. He came by every year with some more foil and helped me recover the windows.”

“Oh, that foil! Yeah, I know what he used.”

“REALLY?!!” He was excited and relieved.

“Sure, you have to go get Reynolds Heavy Duty foil. Don’t get the regular stuff, it’s too thin, you need the thicker heavy duty roll.”

----Crime call #1 was posted March 26, 2009---