Christmas Season Home Security Tips

Dec. 8, 2011 - PRLog -- The holidays are a special time when families and friends come together to celebrate the season. It is also the time of year where families and friends are most generous and practice the tradition of gift giving. It should be a joyous and happy time for all of us.
Unfortunately for us, home burglars view the holiday season a little differently. For them, it is a time of opportunity to burglarize your home for cash, credit cards, and all the new gifts of small electronics, computers, jewelry, and easily sold valuables. Your home offers a tempting target to pick up new items that are gift wrapped and ready to go – many with gift receipts right in the box!
Here are a few tips of what criminals look for when shopping for a house to burglarize. Know what they are looking for, and take advantage of these tips so that you and your family may enjoy the holidays without incident.
•   Burglars look for an easy entry with good escape routes. Don’t openly display your Christmas tree and gifts in the front window so it’s easily visible from the street. It’s too tempting for them to smash the window and grab the wrapped packages.
•   Burglars look for occupancy clues like outdoor lights burning 24 hours a day, piled up newspapers, or advertising flyers hanging on the door knob. Use an inexpensive light timer when you are away and ask a neighbor to keep the front of your home clean of papers and debris.
•   Burglars know to look for the hidden door key near the front entrance. Don’t hide spare keys under rocks, in flowerpots, or above door ledges. Instead give the spare key to a trusted neighbor.
•   Burglars prefer to enter through unlocked doors or windows. Sliding windows that are not secure can be seen from distance. One holiday problem can occur when exterior Christmas light extension cords are run inside through a window and prevent it from being secured. Hire an electrician or handyman to install an inexpensive exterior outlet for your holiday lights.
•   Burglars look for information. Don’t post your family name on your mailbox or on you house. A burglar can call directory assistance to get your telephone number and call your home while in front of your house to confirm that you are away.
•   Don’t leave descriptive telephone answering machine messages like, “You’ve reached the Smith’s…we’re away skiing for the Christmas holiday…please leave a message.” Burglars love to hear that they have plenty of time to break in and completely ransack your home.
•   Burglars appreciate knowing that you have expensive gifts inside for them to steal. After Christmas day, don’t pile up empty gift boxes from your new computer, DVD player, or stereo receiver on the street for the garbage man. Break them down or cut them up to conceal the items better.
•   Burglars look for unprotected homes. Make sure you have placed your TCA/Vector Security window decals and yard signs where they can be seen. And ALWAYS remember to arm your home alarm when you leave the house.
•   After a lucrative burglary, the chances of being burglarized again are increased to steal the new replacement products. Last, but not least, fortify your home by installing solid core doors, heavy duty locks, longer screws in the lock strike plates and door hinges, and install secondary security devices on all accessible sliding windows.

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