5 Safer Places a Retired Army Officer Hides Cash at Home — And Where You Should NEVER
Frank Dobbins
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A detective in Albuquerque timed the footage. Four minutes and twelve seconds — that’s all it took for a burglar to walk past the TV, skip the laptop on the counter, go straight to the sock drawer, and leave with $11,000. He didn’t need skill. He just needed to know where everyone hides it.
In this video I walk through the spots nearly everyone defaults to — the sock drawer, under the mattress, the freezer, the medicine cabinet, an unbolted closet safe — and explain why they all fail the same way. Then I count down 5 genuinely better alternatives, built around one principle: make the hiding spot boring enough that it never makes anyone’s mental checklist. Plus the one rule that matters more than any hiding spot on the list.
I’m Frank Dobbins. Twenty years in the Army, years since spent as a residential security consultant. This isn’t about keeping large sums of cash at home as a general practice — it’s about doing it smarter if you already do.
Tell me in the comments which spot you’d actually use.
#HomeSecurity #FrankDobbins #HideCash #BurglarPrevention #HomeSafe #CrimePrevention #HomeProtection #SafetyTips
5 Safer Places a Retired Army Officer Hides Cash at Home — And Where You Should NEVER
Frank Dobbins
10 views
A detective in Albuquerque timed the footage. Four minutes and twelve seconds — that’s all it took for a burglar to walk past the TV, skip the laptop on the counter, go straight to the sock drawer, and leave with $11,000. He didn’t need skill. He just needed to know where everyone hides it.
In this video I walk through the spots nearly everyone defaults to — the sock drawer, under the mattress, the freezer, the medicine cabinet, an unbolted closet safe — and explain why they all fail the same way. Then I count down 5 genuinely better alternatives, built around one principle: make the hiding spot boring enough that it never makes anyone’s mental checklist. Plus the one rule that matters more than any hiding spot on the list.
I’m Frank Dobbins. Twenty years in the Army, years since spent as a residential security consultant. This isn’t about keeping large sums of cash at home as a general practice — it’s about doing it smarter if you already do.
Tell me in the comments which spot you’d actually use.
#HomeSecurity #FrankDobbins #HideCash #BurglarPrevention #HomeSafe #CrimePrevention #HomeProtection #SafetyTips