[speaker001:] so um how do you feel about the crime in your city is it uh
[speaker002:] well um Minneapolis isn't too bad um I know that there's been some increases in crime lately in terms of murders um
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] that's kind of gone up in scale and and some other things um I personally had a little experience the other day uh somebody broke my passenger window and stole a uniform out of my truck
[speaker001:] oh really
[speaker002:] but actually you know when you look at at Minneapolis as compared to where I used to live it's really quite a bit better um because I came from Florida
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and in Orlando there's crime is getting to be a bigger problem than ever
[speaker001:] oh yeah um San Jose California
[speaker002:] so what part of California are you from oh really I have a good friend there
[speaker001:] here you know the real problems are the gangs a lot of gang related a lot of murders um just in general the whole we've only been here a couple of years uh before that we lived in Colorado but in comparison to Colorado it's real noticeable
[speaker002:] yeah oh yeah um-hum
[speaker001:] I mean you can just feel I mean I can just sense I mean I won't even I won't go to the grocery store at night
[speaker002:] yeah yeah that's
[speaker001:] you know and it it's that kind of thing and uh
[speaker002:] that's really a shame when it has to constrain your activities like
[speaker001:] yeah we have a neighborhood watch program in the house um the development that we live in which I think is a great way to reduce um home theft burglary and things of that sort do you have that where you live or
[speaker002:] sure well um interestingly enough right before I moved up here I'm an intern and then I go back down in May
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] um but in Orlando before I moved up we had a real problem with it um we've been broken into in my apartment about four times
[speaker001:] oh no
[speaker002:] in like two and a half weeks and one of the things that I I helped organize was a neighborhood watch type situation down there um
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] because they were just it's one of those things where the new thing is that they operate in the daylight because everybody went to work you know and then the houses were left unguarded
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] um but yeah I think given that people are pretty conscientious about it that's a good way to to work it with a neighborhood watch
[speaker001:] yeah well you know um also I've heard that uh the newest thing is a lot of people are specializing in robbing people during the time they're home
[speaker002:] oh is that right
[speaker001:] like on the weekends a high percentage of uh free time I think it's like fifty percent of most people's free time is uh spent doing yard work
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] outdoors so they wait while you're outsides outdoors they know the house is unlocked and then they just slip in
[speaker002:] that's amazing
[speaker001:] slip in slip out you know they know exactly what they're going for so I've heard that's really on the rise as far as um you know a new type of crime
[speaker002:] yeah huh yeah it almost seems like they're getting quite a bit smarter really you know
[speaker001:] yeah unfortunately yes
[speaker002:] yeah unfortunately it's starting to really you know look at people's habits and where they are at particular points of the day
[speaker001:] um-hum yeah
[speaker002:] like one of the guys I work with really laughs when he looks at Minneapolis because he's from Detroit
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and uh the the crime level there of course is quite a bit quite a bit uh more pronounced
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] um but uh yeah I guess
[speaker001:] I mean
[speaker002:] I think we've got a neighborhood watch program here in Minneapolis I'm not real sure uh
[speaker001:] yeah it helps to know your neighbors you know they give you you're supposed to make lists of um cars like I know a lot of my neighbors right around my development if I see a car that's unfamiliar we we have a list is that what you you did in your program where you have a list of license plates yeah
[speaker002:] pretty much yeah I was I was basically involved in that in the organization of it and then I left right in the middle of it I'm not sure where we went from there but
[speaker001:] um-hum oh uh-huh yeah well
[speaker002:] yeah that that whole thing of being alert and kind of noticing your surroundings noticing people who look suspicious uh activities like that sure
[speaker001:] um-hum I mean you you hate to be paranoid but there are really only so many things you can do you can have the house alarm um neighborhood watch program
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] you know uh as a woman not go out at night um you can do that which is what I choose to do
[speaker002:] yeah yeah one of the frustrating things about that is that you really are limited even even if you know that the threat is there it's against the law to set traps
[speaker001:] yeah um-hum
[speaker002:] it's against the law to do a lot of things you know they could basically um when I was getting robbed down in Florida I was really considering electrifying doors um things like that like they did in Miami that time
[speaker001:] um-hum that's um-hum but it's not um if you kill someone in your home as long as they're in your home it's considered self-defense though
[speaker002:] that's not always true
[speaker001:] it isn't
[speaker002:] no there was a there was a case about two years ago
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] where a guy knew he was gonna get robbed and essentially what he had done is set a a electrocution a electrocution trap
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] for the burglar in his own home the guy came in while he was home
[speaker001:] hm
[speaker002:] and sure enough he fell into the trap and was severely burned he didn't die but he was severely burned and he took the guy to court and won a settlement
[speaker001:] really
[speaker002:] yeah so that really that makes you think you know it's like your hands are really very much tied
[speaker001:] yeah yeah well I think if if you had handgun a handgun though in other words it wasn't premeditated you had a handgun it's the middle of the night someone's downstairs