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Pre-travel security tips
Traveling for your company, or
going on vacation?
An obviously empty home can be a burglar magnet!
You will be more at ease, and
have a better time knowing you've secured your home against burglars.
Make sure you put your home security at the top of the 'Trip Planning
List'!
Your home is a big investment - worth protecting!
Most
burglaries happen to an empty
or unoccupied home. Before you go away please keep the
following home
security tips in mind.
- Make
sure all doors and
windows are securely locked. It is not a bad idea to have a wired or
wireless home security system in place so that if a burglar were to
break into your home, the alarm would sound, scaring the burglar off.
Door braces, door stop alarms and glass breakage alarms are very
effective protection.
- Do
not leave a house key outside your home in an obvious place like under
a doormat, on the ledge of a door or under a flower pot. Burglars know
all
about these “so called” secret hiding places.
- Make
your house appear “lived in”. Install timers on lights to go on at
night, keep your lawn mowed & watered and arrange for a
neighbor to pick up your mail. Also be sure and have someone pick up
your newspapers, packages or sales brochures that may be left at your
front door. When these things start piling up after a couple of days it is very
clear that no one is home and can be very inviting to a burglar. Don’t
give them that advantage.
- If you have
a cell phone, it may not be a bad idea to have your home calls
forwarded to the cell phone. If you don’t wish to have
your trip interrupted with phone calls consider asking a neighbor or
friend if they would accept your forwarded
calls to them. This way no one would know if you were home or not just
by simply making a phone call. This is how many burglars find their
targets. Turn the 'ringer' down so no one can hear it from outside your
the doors or windows in your home.
- Never leave a
message on your phone answering machine saying you are gone for a
while.
- Always
leave your contact information & trip plans with a friend or a
trusted neighbor in case of an emergency and they need to get a hold of
you.
Please
feel free to Contact Us
if you have any questions or concerns you would
like to discuss with us. We would love to hear from you. info@stopburglarfreecrimeinfo.com
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