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Home Security &
Security System Products you can purchase.
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Security
System - Perimeter Lighting
Many burglars prefer the cover of darkness. By keeping your
property well lit at night, you take away their anonymity,
forcing them to find another target. Make sure your lights
illuminate darker areas like back doors and windows, shrubbery,
walkways and entrances to your garage and basement.
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Security
System - Motion Sensors
When linked to your outdoor lighting system, motion sensors will
startle an intruder by instantly drowning him in light. You can
set the sensitivity of most motion sensors so that lights go on
when necessary, not when your neighbor's cat walks across the
lawn.
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Home
Security - Timers for Interior Lights
If you're going away on vacation, put timers on your interior
lights. From the sidewalk your home will look occupied,
encouraging burglars to move on without trying to break in.
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Home
Security System Cameras
Home Security System cameras are usually associated with
businesses like banks and convenience stores, but many people
use them for their home defense. Cameras can be linked to a VCR
in your home or to a security company that will send help
immediately.
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Maximum Home
Security Locks & Deadbolts
For your last line of defense, make sure you install deadbolts
on every entry door to your house. As a minimum, your deadbolts
should have Grade 2 security features. Schlage's Maximum
Security deadbolt has Grade 1 security features in a less
expensive Grade 2 package. If you have a garage attached to your
home, make sure there's a deadbolt on the door linking your
house and garage.
There's more you
can do. There's more you can do. Part of the fun of owning a home is
experimenting with your home's image. While you're making your home
as attractive as you can to your friends and neighbors, you can make
it equally unattractive to intruders.
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Neighborhood Watch
One of the most effective and inexpensive ways to secure your
home at the property line is to turn on the eyes and ears of
your neighborhood. Community policing programs, like
Neighborhood Watch, have shown great success in reducing
property crime around the world. Burglars know when they're
being watched. And they don't like it.
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Don't
advertise
Put away items like sports equipment, lawn mowers, portable
grills and bicycles. If you leave your possessions outside,
burglars may start wondering what you have inside.
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If
you go on vacation …
…have your mail and newspaper delivery stopped. And arrange to
have your yard maintained and your driveway shoveled. Put your
interior and exterior lights on timers. When they go on, it will
look like someone's home and has just turned on the lights.
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Lock your
car while it's in the driveway
Always lock your car when it's in the driveway or parked in
front of your house. Not only will you protect your car, you
will prevent anyone from stealing your garage door opener, which
would give them easy access to your home. Make sure that you
include a deadbolt on the door leading from your garage to your
house, in case anyone gains entry to your garage.
Strong perimeter
security makes an intruder's job as hard as possible. Use any of the
tips above and you'll go a long way toward making your home off
limits to criminals.
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