| Burglary is a phenomenon: thieves seem to | | | | intimidated by the daylight. Statistic, most of the |
| discover each day new ways of violating our | | | | break-in incidents happen during the daytime, |
| homes. There are so many countries where | | | | when people are away at work. An open window |
| people live each day with the fear that when | | | | is an invitation. Do lock your windows when you |
| they come back from work they might find their | | | | are away from home. Windows with latches are |
| homes burglarized. Police cannot do much and | | | | very easy to slide open, that's why you should |
| many burglars go on unpunished. Burglary | | | | use secondary blocking devices that will |
| represents for thieves an easy way to make | | | | discourage burglars. Usually housebreakers prefer |
| money. Most of them will not bother to develop | | | | ground floor windows and windows that are |
| scenarios for complicated burglary, unless the | | | | accessible from a balcony, fence or a stair. When |
| target can bring them the "queen's diamond". So | | | | you secure the windows make sure burglars |
| the burglars look for homes with easy access. | | | | cannot reach and remove the blocking device. If |
| Therefore, the best thing you can do to minimize | | | | you have an alarm system in your home, connect |
| the risk of having your house on the burglars' list, | | | | it to the accessible windows as well. |
| is to make it difficult to enter. To do this you | | | | Use Lighting to Show Signs of Activity at Night |
| need to fortify your entrances, secure the | | | | When away from home in a business trip or in |
| windows, employ good lighting and use reliable | | | | vacation, make sure your home will not stay |
| alarm systems. | | | | darken night after night. To avoid sending such an |
| Fortify Your Entrance Points | | | | invitation to the thieves, use light timers. The light |
| Although they don't look very pretty and bring a | | | | timers can be also used to turn on and off lights, |
| "heavy look", metal entrance doors transform | | | | radio and TV sets that will intensify the false |
| your home into a difficult target. Most burglars do | | | | impression of occupancy. |
| not possess the skills we see in movies. If a | | | | Don't undervalue the importance of exterior |
| house is too difficult to burglarize, they will simply | | | | lighting. Since burglars do not want to be seen or |
| avoid it. Statistic, housebreakers prefer to enter | | | | identified, good exterior lighting will discourage |
| via the garage door. Followed by the back door, | | | | them to come near your home. For this purpose |
| the garage door is known to be the most | | | | use security lights with infrared motion detectors. |
| accessible point of entry in a house. For this | | | | Use Reliable Alarm Systems |
| reason do not use metal doors solely to fortify | | | | Burglars do not want to be caught, that's why |
| your main entrance, but to secure all the other | | | | most of them will bypass a home with visible |
| points of entry as well. Remember: a door with a | | | | alarm signs. An alarm system is effective and |
| wooden jamb is very easy to kick open. Fortify | | | | reliable when properly installed and maintained. |
| such entrances and make sure to use quality | | | | Take care of your alarm code and don't write it in |
| locks that resist lock-picking attempts for all your | | | | visible places. Your purpose is to make it difficult |
| doors. | | | | for burglars to break in into your home and not |
| Secure All Accessible Windows | | | | to make their job easy. |
| Despite the common belief, burglars are not | | | | |