Anti-theft: anti-theft police tactics for shopping before the holiday

The Chinese New Year is approaching, many citizens are busy buying New Year's items, and the number of thieves waiting to commit crimes in shopping malls has also increased significantly. Li Xiaoyang, the instructor of the 3rd Squadron of the 6th Brigade Patrol of the Heilongjiang Public Security Bureau, combined a large number of practical cases and years of work experience, summed up several anti-theft tips for holiday shopping.

Bullish on your wallet

As it is now at a peak shopping period before the holiday, citizens will inevitably encounter queuing for payment when shopping. At this time, you must improve your vigilance and keep your wallets intact. Men should not put them in their pants pockets. If there are many people in line, you should pay attention to keeping a certain distance from the people around you. In the cases we handled in the past, some thieves used the opportunity of more people in front of the payment counter and often wandered in front of the cash register in some shopping malls. Pay the money, squeeze it up quickly, pretend to be paying money, wait for the opportunity to observe how much money is in your wallet, and where is your wallet. After finding out the situation, they will follow the trail and wait for the opportunity to start, so citizens must be optimistic about their wallets when paying, and do not arbitrarily put the wallet in the outer pocket or shoulder bag to avoid theft. In order to prevent shopping with a lot of cash, it is also a good choice to use bank credit card for consumption.

  Beware of "curtain pickpockets"

Due to the cold winter in our north, many shopping malls and supermarkets will have a thick curtain at the entrance to increase warmth. These places are often the places where thieves commit crimes. The so-called "curtain pickpocket" refers to some thieves who specifically use the opportunity of customers entering and leaving the mall to deliberately increase the chance of colliding with the victim, instantly pulling the customer's bag or using a blade to steal the victim's property. Therefore, citizens must increase their vigilance when entering and exiting shopping malls, and do not give criminals any opportunity to take advantage of. Those who drive and shop must park their car in a parking lot under security supervision, and do not leave large amounts of cash and valuables in the car.

Call the police once stolen

First of all, do n’t panic, and quickly notify the security staff of the store where you are, in order to find the thief in the shortest time, dial 110 to call the police in time. Now all major shopping malls and supermarkets have advanced monitoring equipment, which can record some situations in time to provide a real and effective basis for the police to solve the case.