I've thought about sleeping in my truck, but even then I couldn't do anything other than call the police.
We do have motion sensor lights on both sides of the house, but unfortunately my truck was parked on the street, so they weren't close enough to turn the lights on. I also have an alarm on my truck, but unless the doors are messed with or the glass is broken the alarm won't go off. In this case they managed to get the rear slider window open. I'm going to get a piece of metal that will "lock" the window from being forced open again.
I was talking to a friend who owns the same truck and his was broken into the same way a few months ago. It appears that this is a very weak point on the truck and thieves know it. I do have lojack on the truck too, so if someone is brave enough to full on steal it I'd probably be able to find the remains of the truck and maybe even the thieves.
I took over one of the driveway spots and am backing the truck up against the garage for now; theres a motion detector light right above it and next to my room.
The really sad part is that the neighborhood and the street itself is a really nice area, but it's the few people who don't live here and pass through that cause the problems. Needless to say we're not all that friendly to strangers walking past the trucks anymore.
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