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 Part 3 of this 3 part series.
More Tips to keep you and your home safe. Help your self create a first line of defense by helping a burglar make that decision to NOT rob your house... Use good lighting. This is probably the single most important deterrent that you can install around your home. Whether their motion activated lights, or you program the lights on a timer premise is lighting significantly reduces the attractiveness of your home or property to criminals.
Use locking pins. These are pins that can be installed on your sliding glass door that keep the door for being slid open or Pried open from the bottom. Use glass anti-shatter film. More common in southern end Gulf Coast states this film comes in many different grades and thicknesses. It can stop anything up to a bullet moving at over 100 mph. Use steel security bars. This is the kind of security bar that locks in place. By locking the bar in place. It is not easily dislodged by the criminal. Display window decals and signs. If you have a home alarm system you have probably been provided property signs and window decals. Many hardware stores actually have kits that you can buy that have decals or signs for the property that state you have an alarm system or a video surveillance system. Do not use the following to secure doors or windows: Broom handles, non-locking window hasps, short screws (to secure the lock plate or deadbolt jam) or door chains. What are two things that we can do that are inexpensive and would deter criminal or get him thinking he does not want to take chance on our property? First, we can install an alarm system, or make it appear that we have one. Second, there are signs of a dog or there is the appearance of a dog on the premises. How do we make the criminal believe we have alarm system? The post alarm signs on the property or the Windows. Unfortunately, these companies will not just give you the signs are decals. But you can easily be obtained them at your local hardware store. You may have to do a little searching, but they do exist. Display a “Beware of Dog” sign. We did not say you had to go buy a dog- we’re just asking you to pretend you have a dog. The criminal doesn't know whether you have a dog or not. You just need to make him believe you have a dog. Go to the hardware store and purchase a beware of dog sign, a dog dish, by some vinyl letters for the dog dish and spell out killer, Rambo, jaws, etc. and get a big piece of chain. Place the dog dish and a chain by your backdoor. Also, if you own a dog do the same thing. And don't forget to put killer or, Rambo, jaws or something like that on the dog dish. It does not matter even if your dog's name is fluffy. Your dog can't read the dish. FBI statistics from 2000 to 2004 show that daytime burglaries actually outnumbered nighttime burglaries. In fact, in the US, 55% of burglaries happened during the day. Question... be suspicious of people in your neighborhood whom you do not know. If you ask questions or let them know that you're watching you will appear to be less of a target. Copyright 2007 Security Plus. Any reprint, copying, or modification of this text is strictly prohibited by law. |
