In Florida, a woman has recently done her part to preserve justice in her community.

Using a web cam, Jeanne Thomas captured two men in the act of robbing her home. After logging into her web cam feed from her Keiser University office, Thomas discovered that two men had made themselves right at home.

”It was the strangest feeling,” Thomas said of the incident in an interview with the Palm Beach Post. “I had a feeling something wasn’t right. When I went on, I saw a person standing in my house.”

While watching the men gather up her family’s belongings, Thomas contacted police and within minutes, 18 officers had surrounded her home and the robbers inside.

”You could see them on the video freaking out,” said Thomas, who installed the camera after going other robberies. “They darted around the house trying to figure out how to get out.”

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In your neighborhood, do you feel safe? Thanks to the University of West Florida, women just like you can start feeling more secure walking home, on campus, or just about anywhere.

Women can learn realistic self-defense tactics and hands-on defense training at the University of West Florida’s next Rape Aggression Defense course beginning Feb. 28.Classes, taught by nationally certified instructors, educate women on rape awareness, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance, and teach basic self-defense techniques and training – an essential for a woman living in the West Florida region.

Many classes like these have sprung up across the nation in community centers and college campuses alike. Not only are women receiving self defense training, but some programs are now offering Self Defense Product Training where students can become educated on the proper protocol for using items like Pepper Spray. Call your local community center to find out what kinds of programs exist in your area.

The first two of the four-session classes will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 28 and March 1 at UWF. The cost is $15. To enroll or for more information, call Officer Wendy Boles at 474-3274.

The latest Census Bureau figures show 4.5% of the homes and 16.6% of the rental apartments and condos in Florida are vacant, among the highest rates in the nation. In south Florida alone, specifically Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, 3.6% of the homes are vacant, while 13.1% of the rental apartments sit empty. This high rate of vacancy has been found to be connected to a higher rate of burglary, especially in conjunction with the chaotic economy. We already now why burglars are searching for easy targets. Now we know where they are looking.

The foreclosures and empty homes can be a draw for burglars and thugs, who view the empty houses and condos as easy targets for stealing items like appliances, left behind personal property, glass, copper piping, or other materials that could be sold. The foreclosed properties are an issue for local law enforcement agencies also.

“It’s definitely a problem that we’ve seen and that we have to deal with. We did see an increase in homes that are foreclosed become targeted,” Sgt. Tom Gendreau with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said in an interview with a Florida media station.

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