| Most people would agree that the best home | | | | areas that appear to monitor all of the exterior entry |
| security system is one that effectively avoids the | | | | and exit spots. Making these cameras very |
| crime, or prevents it in the first place. Of course, it's | | | | conspicuous from even a casual observance of your |
| a good idea to also have steps built into your home | | | | home can be very useful in lowering your chances of |
| security plan that helps foil a break-in after it has | | | | a break-in. In fact, some homeowners and shop |
| already begun like a home security alarm system or a | | | | keepers who feel that they cannot afford a security |
| home safe. But the first line of defense should | | | | camera system have used fake cameras that look |
| always involve some means of making the odds of | | | | like the real thing and only cost $15 - $20 each to |
| your home being selected as the target of a burglar | | | | accomplish the same goal of trying to prevent the |
| significantly lower. Here are a few tips to consider to | | | | crime before it starts. |
| help accomplish that: | | | | 3. Neighborhood watch programs are incredibly |
| 1. Get a watch dog. It doesn't even have to be a | | | | effective ways to prevent crime. What burglar wants |
| large dog to be effective in preventing burglaries. Just | | | | to risk being spotted by several neighbors as a |
| try to think of it from the standpoint of the burglar. | | | | potential threat in the neighborhood before he even |
| If you have two houses on the same street and one | | | | has a chance to break in and steal something? |
| has a dog that barks when trouble is detected and | | | | Displaying a neighborhood watch sign in your yard is a |
| the other doesn't, which one would you rather | | | | great way to help fight crime in advance because it |
| target? And dogs present a double threat to an | | | | gives the impression that burglaries are much more |
| intruder, because they not only make noise which is | | | | risky in that area. |
| very undesirable from the criminal's viewpoint, but | | | | So when planning out your home security, take into |
| they can also attack and cause harm if they feel | | | | account simple measures that can be read as a clear |
| threatened enough. What burglar wants to put up | | | | signal that your home is not ripe for an intrusion and |
| with all of that, when speed and quiet are essential | | | | that criminals would find the going hard if they |
| to getting the job done right? | | | | decided to try to break into your home. |
| 2. Put up cameras outside the home in very strategic | | | | |