Security Products:
How to AVOID the FLAWS in
Electronic Burglar Alarm Equipment
Security Products CANNOT be guaranteed to stop any crime - but electronic burglar alarm equipment will likely perform well if you understand the potential flaws, and if you follow the guidance in Home Security - Overview. When a home is burglarized in a quiet neighborhood surrounded by a high-crime area, neighbors question the homeowner to learn from their mistakes. One victim hadn’t locked his window. Another hadn't trimmed a tree branch hanging over his spiked iron fence, allowing a burglar to climb over it. Another's basement casement windows weren’t fortified, allowing access to a skinny burglar. Someone else was “followed-in” to his garage when coming home (see Garage Security). Another's dog ate poisoned meat the robbers had tossed over the fence. Another had turned off her alarm system during mid-day.
Flaws in Electronic Security Products
• Home burglar alarms can give you a false sense of invulnerability.
• A determined burglar may repeatedly trigger an alarm and wait until an exasperated homeowner, assuming it's broken, turns it off.
• Each family member must arm/disarm the system when doing anything unusual such as coming or going at odd hours. And some people are victimized when their system is disarmed during “safe” mornings or afternoons.
• You might still be ambushed outdoors and forced at gunpoint to disarm the system. Although you can give a secret panic alert to the monitoring company, police may be too late to rescue you.
• If you’re lucky, a police patrol car might be nearby and respond almost immediately. Otherwise, they may take anywhere from several minutes to several hours to come to your rescue (the average 911 emergency response time nationwide in the U.S. is NINE minutes).
• Some communities now require that home alarm monitoring companies, the property owners, or remote video systems verify from the scene that there are signs of a potential burglary in progress (like an open door or a broken window) before the police respond.
• False alarms are caused by pets tripping an alarm, inadequate training of homeowners, dead batteries, faulty installation, or cobwebs triggering sensors.
Home Burglar Alarms Don't Always Scare Off Burglars
Robert Cole was jolted awake by his burglar alarm in his Houston home. He came out of his bedroom with a shotgun, saw a man was in the living room, and shot him in the hip. The burglar somehow fled. At least, alarms notify the homeowners that their home is being invaded. That does give them a chance, anyway, to take defensive measures. But burglars are well aware that police take anywhere from a few minutes to many hours to arrive (averaging NINE minutes for 911 calls). There is NO guarantee that burglars will flee upon hearing an alarm. Most are desperate drug addicts who may gamble that they can complete their crime and escape before the police arrive. Or, a burglar may be mentally disturbed and unreasonable. So while home burglar alarms are very valuable security products for an early warning, you also need the insights in Home Security - Break-In and Burglary Prevention – and the additional security products in the menu at the bottom of this page.
Home Burglar Alarms must always be ON
Some home invaders spend days or weeks watching their intended victim right up until they’re ready to strike. Then, since many homeowners lock their doors or turn on their alarm system only while they sleep, they pounce when their victims are awake, during the day or evening. They use the noise of TV sets as cover.
Secrets of Cat Burglars
Michael Bozelle, a highly skilled “cat burglar,” has burgled high-end apartments throughout North Carolina. Apartments usually don’t have individual burglar alarms and he dresses well so he looks like he belongs there. Blane Nordah, another cat burglar, prefers wealthy homes. He would sometimes disable the burglar alarm from outside, or set it off repeatedly until the annoyed owner turned it off. And oftentimes, the alarm wasn't even on because the owners thought they had “location immunity” by living in a wealthy area.
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• Lock Bumping: for the best deadbolt locks.
• Peepholes: know who's knocking at your door before you open it.
• Home Intercom System: stay safe when strangers choose your home.
• Outdoor Security Lighting keeps burglars away.
• Sliding Door Security Hardware and Home Window Security.
• Window Reinforcement security products.
• Garage & Yard Reinforcement security products.
• Simple Home Electronics
• Alarm Systems
• DIY Home Security Systems protect your home with no monthly fees.
• Flaws in Electronic Security (YOU’RE NOW ON THIS PAGE)
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• Personal Devices
• Personal Security Alarm: a.k.a. screamer or noisemaker
• GPS Child Locator: a child tracking device.
• Pepper Spray & where to buy pepper spray
• Senior Safety Products for home and outdoors.
HOME BURGLAR ALARMS
Electronic security products are not perfect but can still be lifesavers if combined with the guidance in Home Security - Overview and the cautions on this page. Overlapping layers of protection provide superior burglary prevention. You can still supplement your other security products with a monitored full house alarm.Go to
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