Retired NYPD Detectives: Women Living Alone, Put Foil on Your Door Knob Before You Go Out

Retired NYPD Detectives: Women Living Alone, Put Foil on Your Door Knob Before You Go Out Last March, a widow three blocks from me, I'll call her Bernadette, came home from the hairdresser. Seventy-four, and on her own. Her son had put a $180 doorbell camera on her front porch. It caught the mailman and a squirrel. It didn't catch the man inside her house, because he came over the back fence. What gave him away was a square of kitchen foil on her back doorknob. About a dime's worth. That foil couldn't hold a door shut. But it showed her something from three steps away, before she ever reached for the knob. I'm Jackie Shaw. I spent 33 years with the NYPD, 14 of them working burglaries in Queens. Foil on a doorknob won't stop a burglar. Used the right way, it tells you somebody tried your door before you ever touch it. In this video, I count down all 20, including: 🔑 Why foil can't lock anything, and why you won't hear it either 🔑 Where the trick came from, and what it really is: a tamper sign 🔑 The three tests every burglar runs on a door: knock, knob, shoulder 🔑 How to wrap it, the picture you take before you leave, and the door that gets it 🔑 Turning the deadbolt every time, three-inch screws and a rubber wedge 🔑 Number one: if it's been touched, you don't go in The foil doesn't protect the house. The habit protects you. 📚 Jackie's large-print safety books for women on their own: https://jackieshawsafety.com Chapters 0:00 Bernadette and a dime's worth of foil 2:07 20. Foil doesn't lock anything 2:53 19. You won't hear it 3:45 18. Where this came from 4:40 17. What it really is 5:38 16. Buy the cheap foil 6:05 Knock, knob, shoulder: how he tests a door 7:18 15. The wrap 8:03 14. Lever handles 8:28 13. Take a picture 9:28 12. A tell for the door 10:18 11. The slider 11:17 10. The door you use least 12:25 The walk from the car, from his side 13:25 9. When you go out, not at night 14:35 8. What the foil can't tell you 16:05 7. Turn the deadbolt, every time 17:32 6. Three-inch screws 18:36 5. The rubber wedge 19:40 From the heart 21:09 4. A neighbor with your key 22:16 3. Get ready in the car 23:19 2. Eyes before hands 24:31 1. If it's been touched, you don't go in 27:22 All 20 in one breath ⚠️ This video is general safety information, not legal or professional security advice. Names, places and case details are changed or combined to protect the people involved. If you're ever in danger, call 911. 🔔 Subscribe if you're the one who locks up alone. 💬 Tell me in the comments: which door in your house do you use least? 👉 Know a woman who lives alone? Send her this video. #HomeSecurity #WomenLivingAlone #SeniorSafety #SafetyTips #BurglaryPrevention #DoorSecurity