Home Security Articles

Here are all the home security articles that don’t quite fit in other sections of this site.

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Summer is vacation time, the great get-away. And that means more opportunity for the burglar. Before you leave for the big trip arrange with a neighbor that you trust to keep your lawns cut and your garden tidy. Ask you neighbor to pick up . . .
The Summer Burglar – When the sun is out so is he.

. . . that would be a double whammy wouldn’t it – to pay for an alarm system to be installed and then get burgled anyway. After all you do hear stories about folks who thought they were free of the worry of burglary because they had an intruder alarm system, and a thief hits their home anyway. It does happen. . .
Intruder Alarm System -Will It Work?

If you are honest Ms. or Mr. Citizen who spends far to many hours of the week toiling away in a job that you don’t much care for, please spare a thought or two for the burglar.
Top Ten Ways to Make the Burglar’s Life Easier.

Monitored Home Security will give you a high level of security twenty four seven, saving you from burglary and many other kinds of emergency that may come about. But what exactly does this kind of security entail?
Monitored Home Security – The Benefits and the Downside.

In fact after a burglary it is possible you will receive the attention of a burglar again, probably the same burglar! You see burglars figure that you will likely replace the items that they have stolen and they would like the replacements too. They already know the layout of your home, know the times that you are likely to be out of your home and know the . . .
After a Burglary.

To the eye of the layman the speakers look the part. The thing is that speakers are meant to be listened to, not gazed at, when you hook these pieces of junk up to your audio system is when that penny drops. The sound is atrocious, oh man you know you've been had. . .
White Van Scam

“Why did I get burgled? Why did the burglar pick my home, why not somebody else's? After all, I work hard, I pay my taxes and I'm honest Joe citizen. Why did that no good thief have to pick my home?”
Why Did I Get Burgled? - Why Did the Burglar Pick My Home?

Become a busy body, with a little practice you can be a nosy old goat like me. Think about what is suspicious behavior and if you are unhappy or uneasy about something report the suspicious persons. You will feel a lot better knowing that you may have saved yourself, or some other innocent citizen, from becoming a victim.
Don’t Ignore Suspicious Persons.(Be a nosy old goat.)

So you started to hide a key. No not under the doormat, you realized that would be an obvious place, you hid the key where you thought a thief would never look. Wrong. The thief will look there. Maybe you have got away with it so far, but the criminal will find your hiding place, maybe not today maybe not tomorrow, but . . .
The Burglar Will Find Those Hidden Keys.

You don't know how many copies of the keys the previous owner or owners, (homes get bought and sold many times,) have had made. Where are those keys now? Keys get lost, misplaced and stolen, sometimes they fall into the wrong hands. . .
Copied Key

The crack was the sound of the screws ripping out of the doorframe as my uncle applied his shoulder to the door. Not a man to put too much thought to how he may solve his problem, such as walking round the back and trying the kitchen door, he simply busted his way in and the security door chain, as thick and solid as it was, did nothing to stop him.
Uncle Alfred and the Security Door Chain.

The thief, or thieves, must have thought that day to be national make a car theft a breeze day. Not only unlocked and un-alarmed but the key right there in the ignition, just let her roll silently off the drive, fire her up and away.
The Unlocked Car and Car Theft.

Go outside now and take note of all the expensive items that you can easily see through your windows. How about your TV set, can you see that? DVD player, stereo system, antiques, PC, electronic games, can you see any of those things or other items that a burglar can easily carry away . . .
Leaving it on Show for the Burglar.

Of what importance is the way that your home is identified by its street numbers? Does it make a difference, from a home security point of view, if your house has lighted house numbers that can be read from a distance even in the dark?
Lighted House Numbers

How do burglars choose the homes they decide to burgle? A recent research study carried out in the United Kingdom suggests that the presence of alarm systems or watchdogs do not deter burglars. And that they choose residences that appear easy to enter, easy to escape from and appear to be lucrative targets. I don't know about you, but I prefer my home to be . . .
Security Features.

If your home has an exterior door fitted with glass panels, or there are glass panels next to an exterior door, you have a home security risk. Glass panels in exterior doors allow daylight into what may otherwise be a dark and gloomy hallway but in terms of security these doors are not such a good choice. . .
Exterior Doors With Glass Panels.

Window locks, even good secure windows locks, are by no means expensive and are a security measure that no home should be without.
Window Locks : Secure Your Windows.

I’m glad to say that my sister had more sense and savvy than most of her neighbors did. That little community seemed to pride itself on the fact that most of them left the doors to their homes open, yes even sometimes when they left their homes to make a visit or go to the store. . .
They Never Locked Their Doors (but they do now!)

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