Home Security:
Recap
Home security means fortifying your home with hardware and electronics and making sure your entire family uses them properly as well as observing all the guidance in this section. Doing so would prevent the vast majority of Americas 2.9 million burglaries each year. Choose how safe you want to be. Predators love hunting where the prey least expect them. Honor your home security even if you live in Sleepy Valley. All your family members must use these security strategies. Predators will always find prey but the most cautious targets will likely be spared.
For complete burglary prevention and the best home security products - from home security hardware to burglar alarm equipment - see:
Home Security - Overview
Burglary Prevention: what burglars hope you don't know.
Home Safety Tips: what to do when your doorbell rings.
Break-In: Most homes are easy to invade. Make yours burglarproof.
Walk-In: Half of all home invasions are through unlocked doors and windows! It's easy to always keep them locked at all times with the guidance in the Security Products Buying Guide: Home - Intro (below).
Push-In: Never blindly open the door when someone knocks. If you are pushed-in, do not stay inside with him (even if other family members are home) flee to the outside for help. See Hostage Taking. Better to use an intercom.
Mug-In: If youre ambushed outside your home and ordered to go inside, do not go! As with a push-in, youre better off outside. See Kidnapping.
Scam-In: Do not open the door, not even an inch, to any stranger - no matter what they say - scam-artists are master manipulators (see Push-In above).
Cracks in Security: subtle variations of Break-In, Walk-In, Push-In, Mug-In, and Scam-In home intrusions.
College - Apartment & Dormitory Security: staying safe despite careless roommates.
Apartment Security: how renters can keep safe FAQ.
Peepholes - know who's knocking at your door before you open it.
Home Intercom System - stay safe when strangers choose your home.
Good Neighbors: the final layer of home protection.
Security Product Buying Guide: Home - Intro
Door Reinforcement
Window Reinforcement
Garage & Yard Reinforcement
Simple Home Electronics
Outdoor Security Lighting keeps burglars away.
Alarm Systems
Flaws in Electronic Security
Apartment & Dormitory Security
Safe Room
Panic Rooms: where to go in home invasions.
Recap: for a quick summary of this entire section (YOURE NOW ON THIS PAGE).My thanks to the law enforcement faculty at the www.Crime-Prevention-Association-of-Michigan.net (CPAM). Recommended Reading
How to Protect Yourself from Crime by Ira A. Lipman. Readers Digest Association 1997.
Protecting Your Life, Home, and Property by Captain Robert L Snow. Plenum Press 1995.
Tough Target by Detective J.J. Bittenbinder. Running Press 1997. Go to
Overview of this section
www.Crime-Safety-Security.com HOME PAGE
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