Keep Your Home Safe

                                                                                         

Providing your family with a safe home is as much your responsibility as it is your local public safety agencies like police, fire and highway patrol. Knowing that your home is safe and protected gives you peace of mind when you are home and away. Protecting your home does not have to be an expensive security system that breaks the bank, though that will certainly get the job done. Home security has a lot to do with you and your habits, for example, if it seems like someone is always home you will be less at risk and keeping valuable possessions concealed also makes you less at risk. Home security has a lot do with the safety of your neighborhood as well. Though incidents can happen to anyone, some neighborhoods are certainly more at risk than others. Installing a burglar alarm would certainly help make you less of a target. A certain type of burglary that has been occurring more frequently is a home invasion. A security system will hopefully discourage the invaders from targeting your house but you can never be certain.

A home invasion is when robbers force their way into an occupied home to commit a robbery or other crime. The entry point of attack is often through the front door, garage or unlocked window. Home invaders often knock on the door or ring the bell with hope that the resident will simply open the door without question. If the resident fails to open the door automatically, they will use deception to gain entry. They may pretend to be delivering a package, flowers or lie about an accident. Once the door is opened for them, the home invaders will use an exorbitant amount of force and threats to gain control of the victims. Once the occupants are under control, the robbers begin to expedite their plan to ransack the residence. Home invasion robbers are more dangerous than other burglars because they want a confrontation, use violence, and do not feel they are pressed for time to get out of your home immediately. Remember, to never let your guard down no matter how safe you are. Always use the peep hole, that is why it is there, and never open the door to strangers.

The number of home invasions is escalating because the traditional targets of convenience stores and fast food restaurants are harder to attack with affordable video surveillance systems, silent alarms and other anti-crime deterrent devices. Also, convenience stores intentionally have reduced the available cash in their registers. As a result, robbing a residence while the residents are home is more lucrative. Unlike robbing a convenience store, home invaders will most likely have privacy once inside your home and won't have to deal with the police suddenly driving up or customers walking in. These offenders can rely on an ample period of time to escape from the crime scene. The same tactics used to prevent burglaries will go a long way to preventing a home invasion robbery. If you can delay a home invader at the point of entry, then you have a chance of deterring them or have time to call the police.

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