How Thieves Open Garage Doors

To open up a roll up garage door all a thief needs to do is thread a coat hanger or hooked piece of wire through the top of the door and pull the emergency latch.

How thieves open garage doors.

Two men walking through arran road in the morningside area stop to check if a garage door is open. An open overhead garage door is an open invitation to burglars. Strange because he had closed it when he left that morning. This abc news report from a few years ago covered this topic.

A number of online videos show how it s done. Which made us question how. Jim boyle came home from work one tuesday and noticed his garage door was open. By disengaging the safety release on your door the door can be rolled up by hand to let a thief inside and then quickly back down as if nothing were out of the ordinary.

In fact one homeowners association in arizona made a rule that homeowners had to keep their roll up garage doors closed and burglaries in the area decreased by 50.