Home Security Systems & Home Security Monitoring Companies

Five Steps to Selecting the Best Home Security System

It’s no secret that a home security system can get pretty costly so it is very important that you determine what your security needs are before you ever start consulting with any professional alarm companies. Here are 5 important steps that you should take before you ever start calling any of these companies and getting estimates for installing a security system in your home. Take a survey of your home - you’ll want to determine what doors and windows that you want integrated into your home security system. Determine where you want to place your control panel and the keyboard - many people ...

Defend Yourself & Your Home

Learning better skills to defend yourself and your family is never a bad idea to increase your home security, even when all that means is having a good escape plan to evade danger if/when things do ever get hairy and your family and home are under attack. Teaching yourself and some kids some basic escape/evasion techniques is always a good idea, and the sooner you start the better. Whether it is to escape your home in a fire or in a situation where you or your family is the victim of a home invasion and you need to get out of ...

Burglar Alarms Protect Paris Hilton

by Audrey Gertz on September 3, 2010

On late Tuesday, August 24, the ever-fluttering sky of twitter was alarmed by an unharmed Paris Hilton thanks to her home alarm system at her residence in Los Angeles. She texted to her twitter followers that a foreboding man armed with two kitchen “knifes” arrived at her doorstep. Thankfully, he was stopped in no time by her installed home security system. According to a press release from Hilton’s publicist, “The security cameras and alarm system were alerted and the police immediately came to the house and arrested the intruder who was attempting to break a window when they arrived.”

Home security systems work, and they are a prime defense against the high number of property crimes that happen each year. As in Paris Hilton’s case, an attempted property crime does not have to cause a significant amount of damage to be considered illegal, and for charges to be pressed and arrests made. According to the FBI, in order for burglary to have happened an intruder does not have to use force to enter a private residence. A burglar can exercise one of three offenses: forcible entry, unlawful entry where no force is used, and attempted forcible entry. So a man showing up at your doorstep with a weapon is a chargeable offense. A 2006 analysis reports that 2,183,746 burglary crimes took place nationally, and 365,436 of those incidents occurred with the use of knives, firearms, strong arms, and other weapons. Considering that 66.2 percent of the burglaries took place at homes, apartments, and personal dwelling places, that’s a significant potential for a harmful encounter at YOUR home. Luckily, home security systems are available to provide you with maximum home security. With options at your fingertips, there is no reason why you shouldn’t feel safe enough to leave your belongs secured during the day, and at night while you peacefully slumber.

No one is immune to attempted burglary. Weather you’re saving pennies or purchasing your next thoroughbred pony, we are all targets of a potential break-in. Even Paris Hilton, a celebutante who boasts a protective entourage and money to spend on high technology burglar alarms, draws dangerous predators who track her and target her. Luckily for her safety, she didn’t chance to ride on her famous reputation and fortune to protect her. She installed alarms that would alert the police in case of an emergency, and cameras to catch anyone with violent weapons entering her property. You shouldn’t wait until the damage has been done to think about a home security system. A story like the threat of a burglar bearing weapons should be enough of a warning to you. Install your home security system today, and avoid the pitfalls of thievery and personal harm. Defend your home with a home alarm today. Someday you could be updating your friends and family on the Internet that, thanks to your burglar alarm and monitoring system, you too were rescued from the bad-will of a burglar that couldn’t get into your home.

Photo via Jennifer Su

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