Home Security – Keeping Your Family Safe Plr Ebook

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 4
1 COMMON MISTAKES HOMEOWNERS MAKE 6
CREATING OPPORTUNITY 6
PRETTY AND PERILOUS 7
SAFETY KEYS 7
LOCK IT UP! 8
IF IT’S BROKE, FIX IT! 9
TURN IT ON! 9
YOU’RE SO PREDICTABLE! 10
SHOWING OFF 10
GET EDUCATED! 11
2 LOW- AND NO-COST HOME SAFETY BASICS 12
DON’T FALL VICTIM TO INSECURITY MISTAKES 12
A COMMUNITY OF SAFETY 13
LIGHT UP YOUR LIFE 14
A CLEAR VIEW 14
LINKS TO HOME SAFETY 15
ANIMAL INSTINCTS 15
TRIM IT BACK 16
SEE THE SIGN 16
CHILDREN FIRST 16
3 SECURITY STARTS OUTSIDE YOUR HOME 18
SELF EXAMINATION 18
CLEAN IT UP! 19
TIME FOR A (LANDSCAPE) CHANGE 19
LIGHTING ESSENTIALS 20
MONITOR YOUR PROGRESS 21
GARAGE & OUTBUILDING SECURITY 22
4 INSIDE SAFETY & SECURITY MEASURES 24
INTERIOR LIGHTING ESSENTIALS 24
LOCKING OUT UNDESIRABLES 25
ALARMING INFORMATION 28
SECURING YOUR GOODS & VALUABLES 30
5 SECURITY FOR MULTI-UNIT DWELLINGS 32
ACTING ON SECURITY 32
APARTMENT SHOPPING 33
ALARM OPTIONS FOR APARTMENTS & MULTI-UNITS 35
INSURANCE MATTERS 36
6 CHOOSING A GOOD HOME SECURITY COMPANY 37
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK 38
SERVICE NOW AND LATER 39
BACKUP 39
CONCLUSION 41

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INTRODUCTION

Eight seconds. That is the frequency with which home invasions occur in North America. About every eight seconds, a burglary or theft occurs in an American home. To put that in perspective, consider that just in the time you have been reading these few sentences, two to three homes were just invaded, shattering the lives of the people residing there. To make matters worse, consider this—many of those invasions occurred while one or more residents were home! Certainly considering this, it becomes evidently clear that protecting your home is about much more than the possibility of losing a few prized, but replaceable possessions. It is much more importantly about protecting the lives and health of yourself, and of all those most precious of lives living with you.

If this scares you, it should. Sadly, there is no way around that. It is scary to think that some opportunistic criminal could do harm to you and yours and take for his or her own what you have worked so hard to earn. But there is a key in that last sentence: opportunistic.

Break-ins and home invasions are almost exclusively crimes of opportunity. Criminals go where the pickings are easy and the fruit ripe for the taking. If you know how to deflate that opportunity, then you have a powerful tool in your arsenal of home security, and the best defense for you and your family.