The 5 Best Ways to Protect Your Home

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When you want to safeguard your home. It pays to give some serious thought to how you’re going to go about it. With a whole host of security measures you can apply, habits you can adopt, and best practices to follow, it can be hard to know where to begin. To get things started, why not take a look at five of the most common ways people go about things?

Burglar Alarms

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Burglar alarms are another tried and tested approach that millions of homeowners rely on to safeguard their properties. With a high pitched alarm sounding continuous until the password has been entered. You can ensure that your property attracts the attention of the entire neighborhood and any passersby. Visible mounting and signage will also deter would-be intruders from attempting to make an unauthorized entry into your property in the first place. You can even buy systems which automatically dial the police to come and take a closer look at things. By customizing your system to cover the specific needs of your home or premises, you can ensure that there are no weak spots where burglars can enter undetected without your permission.

Remote CCTV Monitoring

The great thing about CCTV is that it allows you to record events in real-time. It’s a uniquely powerful way to identify offenders and is the method of choice for identification in the court of law. If you want to do your bit to make your neighborhood safer, then CCTV is certainly worth some further consideration. The main criticism that people rightly have about standard CCTV setups is that they only allow you to record crime. If the offenders are not put off by its presence, then it does nothing to actually stop crime in the here and now. The same cannot be said for monitored CCTV however, which is a great home security method where the feed is watched by a real person in a remote control center. This allows events to be reacted to as they unfold and the relevant security firm or emergency service(s) to be called to take proactive action.

Upgrade Your Locks

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Locks are the weak point of any door or window. By ensuring that you regularly maintain and service your locks with the help of a certified locksmith. You can take a significant step towards enhancing a known weak point. By fitting deadlocks and tamperproof fixtures to your doors and windows, you can further improve security. The point to remember here is that you need to protect against two different forms of an attempted break-in. The brute force method which relies on damaging the lock and surrounding frame so that entry can be made, and the more refined method of manipulating the lock itself. Examples of this would be drilling out the barrel or picking the lock until it opens. A deadlock offers a good balance of strength and resistance to brute force on the one hand and resilience to tampering and picking on the other. If in doubt, consult your local locksmith for specialist advice.

External Lighting

An increasing number of homeowners are opting for proximity triggered external lighting as a deterrent. The useful thing here is that you can actually make a feature of this form of defense by making it light your way from your car to your front door when you pull up on the drive for example. By ensuring ample light. You are not only making things easier for yourself. You’re also showing would-be intruders that you can easily identify their faces as they will have nowhere to hide. By combining this approach with a CCTV system. You’ll be able to add an effective deterrent that will make even the most determined burglar think twice. Another thing to consider is that by illuminating the outside of your property when movement occurs within your grounds. You’ll be able to skyline would-be intruders so that the rest of the street can see what is going on too. This leads us nicely to the final entry on our list…

Join a Neighborhood Watch

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In 2018, there is still a lot to be said for safety in numbers. By joining your local neighborhood watch group, you can do your bit to help make the neighborhood that you know and love a nicer and safer place for people of all ages. You will learn how to be on the lookout for suspicious patterns of behavior. And by adopting a more vigilant approach you’ll be able to spot the signs of potential criminal behavior before they get started. This will not only make your street a safer and friendlier place to live. It will also allow you to meet and lookout for a number of your neighbors. As they do the same and repay the favor, you’ll be able to sleep with the peace of mind that your home is safe. This is especially reassuring if you travel regularly for work or holiday abroad for an extended period of time.


 

Contributed courtesy of Kevin Jefferson.

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