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Home Security- Three
Steps to Make It Happen
Back in the day “my other life” as I called it, the restaurant
business was how I made my living. It didn’t take too long to learn
there were only three groups of people trying to steal from you:
employees, customers and suppliers.
As far as employees were concerned, being the naïve bumpkin, I
thought they were all honest until “given” the opportunity to take
something. In other words put some obstacles in their way and
chances are honesty will prevail. Don’t make it easy!
The same notion applies to protecting your home whether you are out
of town or not. Put some obstacles in the way-DON’T MAKE IT EASY!
Here are some simple easy steps to
take to protect your home.
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Make sure your home always looks
like someone’s there and not vacated : Little things like
leave your curtains open but don’t have valuables like TV’s etc.
in plain sight. Stop the newspaper, have someone mow the lawn,
stop deliveries if you are away. Leave lights on. Don’t be so
obvious that no one is at home.
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Always secure your house : If
you have a burglar alarm set it. Lock windows and doors-even upper
level windows. Lock the garage and make sure your tools are locked
in a secure place and any ladders are secured as well. Many homes
have been broken into with tools and ladders from the garage.
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Let your neighbors and police
know if you’re gone : The value of neighborhood watch
groups is enormous. Ask them to keep an eye out for anything
suspicious. Your neighbors will appreciate it when you return the
favor for them. If police have knowledge of your absence it
doesn’t mean they will patrol, but at least they are aware.
With just a little bit of effort and
some advance planning you can take three simple steps to make your
house safer so that when you return from an extended vacation or a
trip to the store everything will still be there.
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