Yes, yes, we tend to get all PSA on you around here… but this is just a good general reminder to have and share with your neighbors.

The assistant chief of the Frisco Police Department gave me an interesting statistic a couple weeks ago. Did you know that the #1 cause of property crime in Frisco is people not locking their cars?

That says two things: first, how lucky we are in Frisco that property crime is primarily vehicle thefts. Second, that maybe we aren’t that smart if we can’t remember to lock our cars!

So, the weather is getting warmer, we’re all going out and about more to go shopping and go to the pool and to the parks and lots of places where security surveillance might not be that great. Get in the habit: lock your car, take your keys, hide your belongings.

Don’t leave your iPod or purse out where it’s visible… toss it in the glove compartment or trunk! Don’t leave a cupholder full of change; put it in the console! Don’t leave your phone plugged into the charger while you just “run in for a second” to the grocery store.

And lock your car at home, too. According to this Dallas Morning News story, 17 of the 21 cars broken into in Frisco last month were parked at residential locations. Just because your car is in your own driveway doesn’t mean you’re safe.

I’m going to tattle on a Frisco friend of mine (although I won’t name names!); because he lives in a truly gated community with a guard, he got complacent, and he never locks his car. It was broken into last year not once but twice! Like I told him… that’s a case of “fool me once, shame on you… fool me twice, shame on me.”

It only takes a second. Lock your car, hide your stuff. Keep Frisco safer!