Thursday, January 12, 2012

THINK LIKE A BURGLAR

Take a few minutes and approach your home or business as if you were a potential burglar, you will probably surprise yourself how vulnerable we make ourselves.  As you approach the home, what do you see?    Is there any reference to an alarm that is noticeable? Such as a yard sign or window stickers.
  How about an open garage? I see so many homes driving around that leave their garage doors wide open all day.  Think about what is in there:Tools, cars, storage, etc.  Also, in my experience, most people do not think to lock the door from the garage to the house.
   Front doors, most likely the first place a burglar will check.  Is there a security door present, if not, how about a dead bolt lock on the entry door?  Burglars see these as obstacles, not wanting to work too hard, they will go somewhere else.
   Next, approach a window.  What do you see, flat screen? computer? Purse sitting on the table?  Consider drawing the shades when not home or when you don't need the light of the window.  Thieves are looking for the biggest payoff with the least amount of effort.  If they do not know what they are going in for, it will reduce the chance that they would take the risk.

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