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South Bend landlord Mark Kramer hired a private security company Friday to patrol his more than 150 properties after recent car break-ins. “We’ve had some car breakins and one is too many as far as I’m concerned,” he said. “I just haven’t had much cooperation with the police d epartm en t when we’ve had problems. ... Safety is very im portant, so I made the decision to hire a pri­ vate company.” Kramer said the recent breakins that prompted him to hire the company took place at his properties on Corby Street and on North St. Peter’s Street, near Washington Street. He said he could not give a num ber of break-ins. “I don’t know exactly how many there have been,” he said. “I don’t necessarily hear of them right away.” The security company, Majestic Security, Inc., is based in South Bend. Security detail will patrol Kramer properties between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. every day — “peak crim e h o u rs ,” Kramer said. “With breaks coming up and the students being gone, we’re concerned about safety,” he said. “We try to patrol [the properties] ourselves, but it’s not easy for