CHICAGO: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers.
But evidence is mounting that age-apartheid compounds are increasingly becoming soft crime targets and the care sector is trashing its reputation by doing nothing to effectively counter the growing threat:
258: Car break-ins have reached a frightening level with thieves sneaking into basement carparks to smash their way into vehicles and steal everything from loose change to computers.
Several apartment blocks and at least two retirement community complexes were targeted in a spree last weekend.
One retirement home had 17 cars broken into in a secure basement carpark early Sunday, the thieves undeterred by CCTV cameras…