| Is Your Home REALLY Safe? | | | | Help the police by marking your property for |
| Copyright 2003 by Ken Burnett | | | | identification purposes using etchers or Ultraviolet |
| The Safety King | | | | Markers. Its OK to let any would-be burglars |
| Burglary is a Crime of Opportunity | | | | know this by posting signs, stickers, and yard |
| Here are Seventeen Preventative Tips To Help | | | | signs. If you cannot mark your property, try to |
| Safeguard Against Home Burglary. | | | | take photographs or videotapes of the items. |
| Guard against malicious thieves and vandals | | | | Avoid keeping a lot of cash and jewelry in the |
| making unauthorized entry into your Home. Read | | | | house. Burglars can easily turn these into quick |
| and implement these tips today! | | | | money. |
| Keep your doors and windows locked. Dont make | | | | Dont fall prey to predictabilityburglars know all the |
| your property a target for burglars and thieves. A | | | | hiding places like the freezer, under doormats, |
| large percentage of Home Burglaries occur as a | | | | beneath the mattress you get the idea. |
| result of leaving doors and windows unlocked. | | | | Burglars are usually pretty lazy individuals. They |
| Dont join the statistics. Dont give a burglar a | | | | will take the easiest method of entry into your |
| special invitation to gain access to your property. | | | | home. Make it difficult for them to get in and |
| If you receive mysterious phone calls by | | | | theyre likely to go somewhere else thats an |
| unknown callers or repetitive calls that disconnect | | | | easier target. They hate a lot of sound or light for |
| when you answer. Bewarewould-be thieves may | | | | fear of being detected, identified, and |
| be checking to see if the home is occupied. | | | | subsequently apprehended. |
| When someone rings your doorbell and asks if | | | | Think about joining a Neighborhood Watch |
| someone else is at home. Be on guard, you may | | | | Program and if one doesnt exist, form one with |
| have just surprised a thief that thought no one | | | | the help of local law enforcement. Most all |
| was at home. It is common for a burglar to ring | | | | departments have programs for these requests. |
| the front door bell and if none answers, they go | | | | Get to know your neighbors. They can be your |
| around to the back of the house to make a | | | | best assets when youre not at home. |
| forced entry. Immediately report this suspicious | | | | Invest in quality locks and deadbolts from your |
| activity to the police. | | | | local locksmith. |
| Make sure to keep hedges and shrubberies | | | | Consider investing in a quality electronic Security |
| trimmed to deny intruders the opportunity to hide | | | | System through a reliable licensed alarm company. |
| unnoticed while breaking into your house. | | | | Make sure the system is monitored at a Central |
| Give your home that occupied look. Use electronic | | | | Office designed to watch over your premises 24 |
| timers for lights and radios. Its a good idea to get | | | | 7. |
| timers that vary the On/Off times. Dont make | | | | Report Any Suspicious activity to the police. |
| them come on and off at the same times | | | | By protecting yourself using these simple steps, |
| everyday. Burglars dont want a surprise | | | | you can help prevent would-be burglars and |
| confrontation with the homeowner. | | | | thieves from making unauthorized entry into your |
| Maintain exterior lights around the perimeter of | | | | home and getting access to your valuables. |
| the house. Replace those burned out bulbs | | | | These days Burglary is making HUGE headlines in |
| immediately. Consider adding outdoor lights with | | | | the NEWS. Always be on guard to detect and |
| built-in motion detectors that will turn on upon | | | | prevent any would-be burglars from stealing and |
| sensing motion. Burglars hate to be seen, much | | | | vandalizing your property. No one wants to suffer |
| less identified. | | | | malicious damages caused by these thugs. |
| If youre leaving on vacation, stop all mail and | | | | These threats are REAL! Hundreds of thousands |
| newspaper deliveries if possible. Otherwise have a | | | | of people and Homeowners by these crimes |
| friend or neighbor pick them up on your behalf. | | | | every day. |
| Dont make it obvious that they havent been | | | | To gain additional information about safety tips |
| home for a while. | | | | around the home, you can get a Free Newsletter |
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| answering machine that youre not at home or on | | | | by a 30+ year veteran of Law Enforcement and |
| vacation, or will be gone until a specified date. This | | | | the Electronic Alarm Industry. |
| is an open invitation that says Come Get Me. | | | | |