Editor’s note: This is part 2 of a series of stories from the Mexican border posted by our Sheriff, Bill Masters. To read part 1, just type “Mastering Security” into Search on the Home page. I meet up with Sheriff Martin in Cortez late in the afternoon and we drive through the darkening New Mexico…
Editor’s note: Just in case you have not puzzled it out, Mastering Security, is a twice-monthly blog by San Miguel County’s Libertarian Sheriff, Bill Masters, who is also a published author. Masters has been Sheriff since 1980. Image of vehicle barrier at the U.S.-Mexico border in Dona Anna County, New Mexico, was shot by Masters….
It may be counter intuitive but criminals usually do not target expensive well kept homes. If they are driving around looking for a house to break into (and all criminal attacks have some degree of pre-attack surveillance) they act like predator animals looking for the weak, alone and unaware/uncaring prey. A friend of mine asked…
The pager went off awaking us from a late night winter’s sleep telling us to respond to a strange sounding call at a large home near Telluride. The caller had been talking to the on-call doctor at the medical clinic stating that he was not feeling well and that he could not wake up his…
A citizen asked me the other day what was the number one thing she could do to improve her security. I told her simply to make sure that her doors are locked when she is home. I would rather have her leave the doors unlocked or even wide open when she is gone than when…
