Thief starts looking through closets. A cruiser is dispatched. It still contains the tape of daughter's graduation. Thief returns downstairs. Cuts cords on VCR and pulls it from entertainment unit.
Thief slips out of side door and into waiting car.
Crooks are gone. They needed less than 8 minutes to loot your home. Officers secure premises and start paperwork. Police find goods from a dozen burglaries at his apartment.