--- title: Scottish Police Are Using Lego To Fight Crime description: Edinburgh cops are posting photos with tips for keeping your home safe canonical: https://time.com/3816925/scottish-police-legos/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-10T12:20:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:35.411Z og:title: Apparently Scottish Police Think Legos Can Stop Break-Ins og:description: Edinburgh cops are posting photos with tips for keeping your home safe og:url: https://time.com/3816925/scottish-police-legos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Apparently Scottish Police Think Legos Can Stop Break-Ins twitter:description: Edinburgh cops are posting photos with tips for keeping your home safe twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Scottish Police Are Using Lego To Fight Crime by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Apr 10, 2015 12:20 PM UTC by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Apr 10, 2015 12:20 PM UTC Police in Edinburgh are on a mission to deter break-ins, and they’re calling on some tiny yellow friends to help. Their new campaign involves posting photos of staged robbery scenes on social media with captions that advise on handy tips for keeping your home safe. > [](https://twitter.com/EdinburghPolice/status/585408819343269888) In addition to some charming spelling, many of the posts are rhyming couplets: > [](https://twitter.com/EdinburghPolice/status/585683303459590145) Don’t forget to lock the back door! > [](https://twitter.com/EdinburghPolice/status/586074420936052736) > [](https://twitter.com/EdinWestPolice/status/586469111972134912) The department hopes heightened awareness will remind citizens to practice basic safety in protecting their property. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3816925/scottish-police-legos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3816925/scottish-police-legos/"},"headline":"Scottish Police Are Using Lego To Fight Crime","datePublished":"2015-04-10T12:20:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:35.411Z","description":"Edinburgh cops are posting photos with tips for keeping your home safe","url":"https://time.com/3816925/scottish-police-legos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","police","Bizarre","Legos","Scotland topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3816925/scottish-police-legos/","name":"Scottish Police Are Using Lego To Fight Crime"}}]}] ```