Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe WINDSOR, Ontario, March 20 (UPI) -- Homeowners who have cars with alarms can scare off burglars by keeping their key fobs next to their pillows, the Ontario Provincial Police recommend. On the Canadian force's southwestern Ontario Web site, a tip is posted suggesting if a homeowner were to hear suspicious noises during the night, they should hit the "panic button" on the alarm control. Advertisement "It's a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation," the site says. "If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break into your house, odds are the burglar or attacker won't stick around." While the regional site praises the potential of car alarms for home theft, the OPP main site's statistics indicate they aren't doing much for vehicle thefts. The main site says there are about 18,000 stolen vehicles unaccounted for in Ontario of the 52,000 stolen each year, and only about 60 percent of them are ever recovered.
