Do three burglars really park their truck yards away from the house they’re burgling and on the opposite side of the street on a Saturday early afternoon and walk back and forth with equipment including first an old furnace and then an old furnace, metal ducts, etc. The neighbor and I’ve never learned who it was had no idea what he or she was looking out.
My front door was open so when I heard “It’s the police, ma’am, can we talk to you?” and saw one cop standing at my wide open front door (the “burglars” access to the house) it scared the shit of me. They were polite and explained why they were there, I reassured them that there was nothing wrong, and I’ll always believe it was a waste of resources.
I’ve updated the BBC bookmark to this.