I thought this sounded familiar. Personally, I had a little chuckle when I found that I mentioned this same technique a couple years ago in this post--and I was also responding to one of your posts, RNewcomb! I guess our fates are linked.

I'm glad that in that TV news clip you linked to, they put a big emphasis on making sure that anyone who zip ties the garage emergency release to prevent unauthorized entry can still break it when needed. It *is* an emergency feature, after all, and is there for a reason.

And they didn't play up the scary aspect of the story, making everyone think that there are hordes of people running around popping open people's garages using this technique. I hate how TV news has shifted more and more away from informing the public, to having to drum up ratings with sensational and emotionally charged stories.