Home Security Tips From WJTV.com
More and more home security tips are still coming in to help homeowners and residents deter burglary and break-ins this summer. WJTV also offers their own tips to improve home security and help protect your hoe from burglary crimes.
One of the advices that they gave is that you have to know the facts of burglary crimes in our country. Here’s a quote from WJTV.com News:
“Once a burglar has selected a home to burglarize, most will spend no more than a minute trying to break in and less than five minutes inside.
Most residential burglaries occur on the first or ground floor.
The point of entry is usually made at the rear or by a side door, the second most common access is via the garage door.
Most burglaries occur during daytime hours when homes are empty, and belong to two person households.”
WJTV.com also give home security tips for all:
“Now, with a few basis facts of burglary out of the way, in order to out fox a burglar, you need to think like one. Here are a few questions a burglar would ask himself before he breaks into your home. Ask this question to yourself.
If you were a burglar targeting your own home:
How would you get in to your home? Evaluate your home from the inside and out, night and day. You might even try a “mock” break-in, trying window jambs and loose locks on your house’s perimeter. Just let the neighbors know what you’re up to before you go lurking in the bushes.“
WJTV.com also reiterates the following home security measures:
- Burglary sometimes occur at night so install motion lights at the front and at the rear of your house. Position them at corners where it can help the motion detectors catch anyone approaching. Make sure they’re at a place wherein they will not be disabled easily by others.
- Trim all shrubs and trees. But you can plant thorny bushes under your windows to help deter burglars form entering through the windows.
- Don’t leave anything that might help a burglar enter your house around your yard (e.g. ladders, hammer, etc.).
- As much as possible, don’t display your name on your mailbox or front door. If you jave to show residency, then place your last name only.
- Secure your doors and windows. Use locks and bolts. You can also install alarms near it to sense if someone’s attempting to open it and break through.
- Hide your valuables. Make sure they’re not in the line of sight of anyone looking through your windows. Keep valuable appliances out of reach from the doors, windows, and other openings.
- Install a home security system!
.. and from WJTV.com News:
“Be careful while you’re away
Never leave an answering machine message indicating you’re not at home. Instead, just say you “can’t come to the phone.”
Don’t let mail, newspapers or flyers accumulate while you’re away, tipping off criminals. Have the post office hold mail, have newspapers suspended, and have a neighbor or friend clear away flyers.
When vacationing, leave a car in your driveway or arrange for a neighbor to keep a car there and move it around from time to time.
To secure sliding glass doors, add a bolt lock or use a “charley bar” to block the door closed.
Most home burglaries occur between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., so get in the habit of locking all doors and windows whenever you go out.
Make sure exterior door hinges are on the inside rather than the outside - where an intruder can remove the pins and pull the door out of the frame.
Prune overgrown trees and shrubs to eliminate hiding places for intruders.
Thieves always look in mailboxes, under doormats and above doorways for keys. Don’t make it easy for them to get into your home.
Your ADT monitored security system includes door and window sensors to secure the perimeter of your home.“
