What would you do if someone broke in.....

I'd try to get a license plate, and even try to get a fairly good look at the thieves. Then I would call the police. Getting at least the license plate might certainly help the police. Though I most likely wouldn't run after them.

I would definitely stay in doors. I'm a coward and would never run after strangers who were obviously prepared to fight since they were brave enough to break into someone's house. I'm too scared for my physical well being to risk anything like that :P Thanks for the response on my discussion!

Personally I would Call the Police first, but get as good as a discription for them as I could of the Get away vehicle, description of the guys, etc. You never know in this day and age what weapons someone might have, so it is best to call the Cops and let them handle it from there. Hope these guys are caught.

Whilst it makes sense to stay back and let the police do their thing, I think that many of us would take chase when it came to the crunch. It's such a shocking thing to see, that I think adrenalin overtakes common sense. My father once witnessed a similar scene, and chased the intruders. When the police arrived, he was hanging on to one of the guys' legs whilst he tried to escape over a fence!

i would try to follow them while on the phone with the cops.. i wouldnt be stupid enough to draw attention to myself or catch them myself but i would try to make sure the cops got them by keeping the cops informed of where they were.. but thats probably not possible most of the time

hi lazeebee .. i will just sleep through out the whole incident of someone breaking into my house .. my husband has a long long knife on our bed and on top of my fridge .. for defence purpose cheers

I would not risk my life chasing the thieves as you'll never know they might be dangerously armed. Stay indoor and call the police immediately. That is the police job anyway.

Oh my... i sure wouldn't run after them... but do as you said... stay put and call the police... or make a lot of noise to wake up the other neighbors... It was pretty stupit to run after the thieves... since they might hurt him with whatever dangerous weapon they have... i hope he won't ever do that again...

hi! If that happened to me, I will try to call the police first on my landline and my neighbor on my celphone. after that I will take a look outside and see the plate number of the car. take care

i will first call the cops and ring the neighbourhood for help... its better to be in a group than alone..also try to take a note of the car no. but in truth at that moment we dont know what is happening.

First of all, it was very brave of your husband to chase after the robbers. I would be terrified too if I was you, but thankfully he's ok. My first reaction would have been to have called 911 and maybe if I had time, grab the digital camera and see if I could get a shot of the robbers or the car or something. I would not chase after them myself unless I was in the car maybe. If I had some protection between myself and them. That sure would be a frightening situation to be in!

this happened to us last year.someone broke in and i was glad that my father in-law was sleepng soundly, he never knew that his wallet has been robbed already.good thing that he was safe and the robber fled without notice.just imagine if he saw the robber in his room..it will be a disaster. when he woke up he noticed that his wallet is missing and our helper found it on the stairs without anything on it. we called the police to report the incident and until now we dont know who broke in.

guess what my friend. the other day, some thieves came inside the other side of our house where we are having our boarding house. and unfortunately, some stuffs of our boarders ares stolen. we didnt see the thief because aside that we have different ways in going in or out but no one is also in the boarding house. the other boardmate lost his cellphone which worth 10thou. i am so sorry for him though, but what can we do? nothing... even if we tried to have it blottered, but i know still nothing will happen. maybe hopefully thy could also be aware and be cautious in the place they are into and always put in mind that it is also their place and they need to treasure it as we do. i guess it happened because again forget to lock the main door. thanks friend jhelai