EAGLE - With the weather starting to get warmer and the days longer, it's also bringing out those opportunistic criminals.
Over the last month, the Eagle Police Department has seen an uptick in the number of construction sites broken into.
Just over the last month, there's been 10 construction sites hit by thieves in Eagle, stealing anything from supplies like lumber to appliances to tools.
A few months ago Brighton Homes even had someone break-in to one of their finished homes.
"Took a refrigerator and a TV," said construction manager Josh Edwards.
Edwards says Brighton does what they can to help avoid becoming victims of crimes, including locking everything up and adjusting their delivery schedules.
"For example light fixtures, we deliver them in the morning they get installed that day; appliances they get delivered in the morning, they get installed that day," said Edwards.
The construction company tries to make it as difficult as possible to steal from them so they can throw off thieves looking to take advantage of an easy situation.
"We just try to make it really inconvenient because if it delays them at all, they don't want it," said Edwards.
The Eagle Police Department is advising construction crews to lock up their tools when they leave for lunch because theft can happen fast.
"We ask that you don't leave valuable tooling, if you can take your tool trailers home at night we suggest you do that as well. Leave as little valuable items in the construction site as you can," said Eagle Police Detective Marlon McCowan.
Police do try to keep their patrols random, but do focus on higher crimes areas.
"One of the tactics that we employ here is use of surveillance cameras and trail cameras that we'll put up in random locations," said McCowan.
Police and construction companies also rely on the public to say something, if they see something.
"If it's getting removed off the job site when the neighborhood construction is quieted down, it's probably thieves taking stuff," said Edwards.
Eagle Police have met with construction crews to notify them of the uptick in thefts they've seen at construction sites.