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NO security products are guaranteed to prevent any crime - but will likely serve you well if combined with the guidance in Home Security.

A man broke into Louise and James Hodgel's garage and waited for them to come home then savagely attacked them.
Excerpted from WESH-TV2 Winter Park FL – 17 September 2003

Reinforce all your garage doors and windows – especially the door connecting an attached garage to the house. Then always keep all of them closed and locked – or risk the following:

The garage door itself was open that accessed the house. They came upon a teenage girl getting ready for school. They take her down at gunpoint, walk her throughout the residence. Her father is taken down and pistol whipped.
Excerpted from KVOA-TV4 Tucson – 18 September 2004

Police say a pair of teenage boys stormed through the home's partially-open garage door and shot Veronica Amesquita in the head and chest, then repeatedly kicked Amesquita's father and shot him in the abdomen. The attackers took a pair of cell phones and fled.
Excerpted from The Albuquerque Tribune – 11 September 2007

Adam Sarabia entered the couple’s home through an unlocked garage door that also provided access to the house. He then climbed the stairs with a bat to brutally beat them beyond recognition.
Excerpted from The Santa Paula News (CA) – 24 September 2004

Back or side doors appeal to burglars because they're relatively invisible to passers-by. Worse, many homeowners leave their garage doors open and don't lock the door between their house and garage. Anybody who gains access to the garage can just walk into the home. ... LVPD Lt. Robert DuVall says, “Make it a habit to keep the garage-to-house door locked, and be sure to wait until the garage door closes completely before driving away, and also when you return home. They all have sensors now, and if I'm hiding around the corner and I put my hand in, the garage door opens and you won't even know it."
Excerpted from The Las Vegas Review-Journal – 13 January 2008

Sneak-In/Follow-In

As Daniel drove into his garage, he didn’t notice a man sneaking in behind him. As he exited his car, the intruder overpowered and bound him, looted the house, loaded Daniel’s car and drove it away.

To guard against a sneak-in, hang a large convex mirror on the back wall of your Well-lighted garage. When arriving home, open your garage door with a remote control and, as you pull in with windows closed and doors locked, watch the mirror for intruders.

To avoid bumping into your garage’s back wall while watching the mirror, get an electronic Garage Parking Wizard from www.smarthome.com (or a Garage Parking Mat from www.smarthome.com). Then zap the door closed while still watching the mirror. Only then do you unlock and exit your car. (If an intruder does sneak in behind you, re-open the garage door and back your car out while honking your horn.)

• Enclosing your yard with a fence and a locked gate shows ownership and defines trespassing more clearly. But brick walls, solid fences, and tall hedges hide a burglar from your neighbor’s view. A see-through fence is better. You can get a yard siren/strobe-light motion-detector alarm at www.smarthome.com. Find more security products for your garage and yard at Simple Home Electronics.
• If you happen to be working in the yard when danger arises, you can have a remote-control pocket fob for your See Alarm System.
• Stop prowlers from hiding in your shrubbery (especially near your windows and doors) by trimming it down to knee-high. The lower, the better.
• Stop a burglar from using the tools in your tool shed to break into your home. Learn all about padlocks, hasps, and hinges in Door Reinforcement.

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