Although home burglaries may seem random in occurrence, they actually involve a selection process. The burglar's selection process is simple. Choose an unoccupied home with the easiest access, the greatest amount of cover, and with the best escape routes. What follows is a list of suggestions to minimize your risk by making your home unattractive to potential burglars.
The first step is to harden the target or make your home more difficult to enter. Remember, the burglar will simply bypass your home if it requires too much effort or requires more skill and tools than they possess.
1) Most burglars enter via the front or back doors. The front door supplied by the developer is less than ideal from a security point of view. Residents are advised to either replace their front doors with a solid core or metal door for all entry points or reinforce the existing doors. Reinforcement of existing doors can be done through the installation of high quality deadbolts that extend into the ground.
2) Good neighbors should look out for each other. Get to know your neighbors on each side of your home and the three directly across the street. Invite them into your home, communicate often, and establish trust. Good neighbors will watch out for your home when you are away, if you ask them. They can report suspicious activity to the guards or to you while you are away.
3) Interior lighting is necessary to show signs of life and activity inside a residence at night. A darken home night-after-night sends the message to burglars that you are away on a trip. Light timers are inexpensive and can be found everywhere. They should be used on a daily basis, not just when you’re away. In this way you set up a routine that your neighbors can observe and will allow them to become suspicious when your normally lighted home becomes dark. Typically, you want to use light-timers near the front and back windows with the curtains closed. The pattern of lights turning on and off should simulate actual occupancy. It’s also comforting not to have to enter a dark residence when you return home. The same light timers can be used to turn on radios or television sets to further enhance the illusion of occupancy. Exterior lighting is just as important. It allows our guards to better monitor your residence.
4) Alarm systems definitely have a place in a home security plan and are effective, if used properly. Alarms are a huge deterrent and given that our guards are on constant patrol, they are in a position to respond quickly in case an alarm is triggered. If you have a system that notifies you of a trigger via your mobile, do call the guards to conduct a check.
5) Report any suspicious and unusual activity to the guards or police immediately. Lately, some heavily tinted cars have been prowling our neighborhood probably conducting reconnaissance for their next victim. These cars have been identified as late model Toyota Harrier and Vios and Honda CRV.
6) Get a safe deposit box as opposed to a home safe. Recent burglaries in our community have seen entire home safes being removed.
The first step is to harden the target or make your home more difficult to enter. Remember, the burglar will simply bypass your home if it requires too much effort or requires more skill and tools than they possess.
1) Most burglars enter via the front or back doors. The front door supplied by the developer is less than ideal from a security point of view. Residents are advised to either replace their front doors with a solid core or metal door for all entry points or reinforce the existing doors. Reinforcement of existing doors can be done through the installation of high quality deadbolts that extend into the ground.
2) Good neighbors should look out for each other. Get to know your neighbors on each side of your home and the three directly across the street. Invite them into your home, communicate often, and establish trust. Good neighbors will watch out for your home when you are away, if you ask them. They can report suspicious activity to the guards or to you while you are away.
3) Interior lighting is necessary to show signs of life and activity inside a residence at night. A darken home night-after-night sends the message to burglars that you are away on a trip. Light timers are inexpensive and can be found everywhere. They should be used on a daily basis, not just when you’re away. In this way you set up a routine that your neighbors can observe and will allow them to become suspicious when your normally lighted home becomes dark. Typically, you want to use light-timers near the front and back windows with the curtains closed. The pattern of lights turning on and off should simulate actual occupancy. It’s also comforting not to have to enter a dark residence when you return home. The same light timers can be used to turn on radios or television sets to further enhance the illusion of occupancy. Exterior lighting is just as important. It allows our guards to better monitor your residence.
4) Alarm systems definitely have a place in a home security plan and are effective, if used properly. Alarms are a huge deterrent and given that our guards are on constant patrol, they are in a position to respond quickly in case an alarm is triggered. If you have a system that notifies you of a trigger via your mobile, do call the guards to conduct a check.
5) Report any suspicious and unusual activity to the guards or police immediately. Lately, some heavily tinted cars have been prowling our neighborhood probably conducting reconnaissance for their next victim. These cars have been identified as late model Toyota Harrier and Vios and Honda CRV.
6) Get a safe deposit box as opposed to a home safe. Recent burglaries in our community have seen entire home safes being removed.
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