| Home security is a paramount concern for | | | | the police are notified, but your burglar has |
| families today. More and more people are | | | | probably made a clean getaway. Still, no hiding |
| investing in comprehensive home security | | | | keys in hiding places. If you forget to arm your |
| systems which protect home, property and the | | | | alarm system, the burglar can have a field day in |
| lives of the people inside. These multifaceted | | | | your home. |
| systems are highly precise, and linked to | | | | Another good plan of action to have to prevent |
| sophisticated monitoring stations. Families are | | | | burglaries is to plan ahead before you go on |
| contacted by phone to see if in fact there is an | | | | vacation. Having lights on a timer is actually not a |
| intrusion. If there is no response, the security | | | | deterrent for burglars at all. Chances are they are |
| monitors alert the police. | | | | casing out your neighborhood and looking for |
| These advanced home security systems are the | | | | patterns like this. While you're away, adjust your |
| first-line of defense against intrusion and invasion. | | | | telephone ring to the lowest possible volume. A |
| With sound and motion sensors, alarms and | | | | consistently unanswered phone is another tipoff |
| connectivity to the police, the chances of losing | | | | to burglars that no one is home. Also don't let mail |
| any valuables or any harm being done to family | | | | and newspapers pile up. Have a friend or neighbor |
| members if greatly reduced. | | | | take them for you. A pile of newspapers on a |
| But there are other measures you can take | | | | door stoop is another sign for burglars that no |
| which are a second line of defense to make sure | | | | one is home and the house is ripe for burglary. |
| your home is safe and secure. If you are out of | | | | Another tip is frightening, but in today's present |
| the house for an extended period of time, you | | | | circumstances you can never be too careful. |
| can create the illusion that someone is home by | | | | Burglars are getting brasher and home invasions |
| leaving lights in house or by leaving a TV or radio | | | | are on the rise. This is not merely a burglary, but |
| on in a room where a burglar could break in. This, | | | | usually a dangerous criminal who will try to force |
| coupled with a quality home security system is a | | | | their way into your home. Do not answer any |
| good burglar deterrent. | | | | unexpected knocks without identifying the person |
| Make sure your doors are secure and that all | | | | behind the door. If in doubt, don't open up. Call the |
| exterior doors have good locks. Do not leave | | | | police or trigger your home security system to |
| extra keys under doormats, over the door ledge | | | | scare off the potential home invader. |
| or any other obvious hiding place. Burglars will | | | | None of these tips are failsafe and should only be |
| usually find them and make use of them. If you | | | | used in conjunction with an advanced |
| have an armed security system, even this would | | | | professionally installed home security system that |
| not be a problem, because when that door is | | | | monitors your home 24 hours a day. But in an |
| opened and the alarm is armed, the burglar would | | | | insecure world, these measures can help prevent |
| have to know the password. The alarm is | | | | a burglary or home invasion, giving your family an |
| triggered when the password is not entered and | | | | extra measure of security. |