thanks all for discussing this, I need to be more alert than I thought. It would be a good time for for the community to meet and put into place some workable crime prevention methods. Denny's idea about writing in to express our concerns about the escalating crime is a good one. If somebody would put together an e-petition, statement, whatever it would be called - I would gladly sign. It could then be printed out there and presented to the Mayor, etc. I am with Warren, I don't like the idea of having to be concerned if it will happen to me, nor would I like the idea of restricting myself to "safe" areas. That is going exactly the way of Jamaica - everybody stay safe in the tourist compounds. I know AC is far from that - but it would be nice if it was nipped in the bud, while it is still mostly petty theft.