Last week on Regional Radio, we heard from Clinton Police Chief Ben Lowers about vacation safety tips and the promotion of the Department's vacation watch program.

This week, the Monticello Police Department is promoting a similar program. Chief Rob Bross says their vacation watch program offers an online registration option and during its shifts while you're away, officers will drive by the home to make sure everything is in order.

Chief Bross has some general tips if you're headed out on vacation like secure all entry points, put any valuables out of site, and make sure those 'Ring' camera-like security systems are charged and operating properly.

According to Chief Bross, Amazon delivery boxes stacked up can be a giveaway of an absence from a home. 

Chief Bross indicates most crimes they have regarding burglary and others like it are often crimes of opportunity.