Rubber Band On Door Handle Crimes

To keep that from happening take a rubber band and loop it around one doorknob or handle.

Rubber band on door handle crimes.

You don t even need to open the door. The rubber band holds the latch down preventing the door from latching shut. A simple rubber band says mashable. Then twist the rubber band once and then loop it around the other knob.

She s a midwest gal who. People that find a rubber band on their front door should stop and call the police we all want to assume that we re safe inside our own homes. All you have to do is unlatch it. Hook the rubber band around the doorknobs on both sides of the door making sure it doesn t interfere with the latch.

But the truth is that criminals can and do exist everywhere even in the most unassuming of towns and there s no telling whether or not your home is next on their list. The rubber band serves to wedge the door open for the intruder. By olivia romero. On 21 april 2016 facebook user kim fleming posted an image of a rubber band stretched over a door latch handle along with a message warning people about a new method of employing rubber bands.

Now if the door closes you can push it back open with your body even if your hands are full. Thirty minutes after he left she walked outside thinking the person had left a brochure but instead she found a rubber band around the knob. It s a sobering thought for anyone who worries about home. What happens is as soon as you unlatch the door the person can bust in.

The rubber band will cushion the slamming.