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Home Security Tips - Thinking like a Thief

By: Richard G Keir

Recently there has been a noted increase in the use of security and surveillance systems, guards and even 'covert' security personnel in everything from malls and large stores to mom and pop and convenience stores. Since these are all businesses that have to be profitable to remain open you pretty much have to figure that the surveillance and security measures are cost effective - that theft losses are reduced substantially simply through discouraging robbery. The first of our home security tips is simple enough though many don't seem to believe it. Doing something to improve security is worth the effort and cost and discouraging theft is probably the single most cost effective approach.

With it getting harder to rip off stores, what is a thief going to do? Burglary is an ever popular choice and they are probably out there seeing how well your home qualifies as an easy target. While movies always seem to have clever and technically sophisticated thieves, reality is quite different. Most burglars are lazy, highly adverse to risk and want an easy target that won't involve much effort.

As a sort of thief's eye approach to home security tips, lets think about what some of the primary qualities of a good target are. Having some marketable items to steal is one. These days this probably means almost any house, but being able to see into the house can nail down a target if, for example, high value electronic equipment can be seen from the outside.

Easy access and, particularly, possible windows and doors with blocked visibility are attractive features. High bushes or shrubs that provide concealment while working on a door or a window make a welcome, burglar friendly bonus. An absence of easily seen security features such as security cameras, motion sensor lights, security monitoring company window decals or yard signs are also inviting. Dogs are not popular with thieves, at least ones in homes they want to break into, so the absence of any indications of a dog can boost a home's burglar popularity quotient. Interestingly, National Rifle Association membership stickers or signs seem to drop a home's popularity. The possible problem here is that if a thief can be certain nobody's waiting inside with a shotgun, then that NRA signage pretty strongly raise the possibility that there are rifles and or hand guns inside which are always worth stealing.

Most of these items are easily observable without being obvious or doing anything particularly suspicious. Observe your home from this viewpoint and see how it rates as a potential target. Less than 20 percent of US homes have any protection against burglary except insurance. A few simple steps can reduce your home's apparent vulnerability. Start by eliminating any concealment provided by bushes and trees. especially near entry points. Next, make certain that valuable and easily portable items such as stereos, TVs, etc., are not visible from the outside. Signs and window decals, whether true or not, reduce your home's attractiveness to criminals. Motion sensor lights and a dummy security camera are inexpensive and an added negative.

The home security tips discussed here are primarily ones which will make it less likely that a burglar looking for a target will select your home. So, while these items will offer a level of enhanced home security, you should also consider further steps to make your home more secure and more difficult to break into easily.

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