Home Security Systems - Know The Basics
Home security is vital for our well being. Simply locking our doors at night is no longer sufficient when it comes to providing a comforting feel of safety as we sleep, or even go to the office. Yet, there are so many types of home security systems on the market that many home owners simply give up trying to decide what type to buy or how much to spend.
Nowadays, video is everything. We can’t just expect to have an alarm go off as the door or window is pried open, and then have the burglar run scared as he takes off. A loud noise is certainly going to scare someone into thinking twice about robbing your home or your office, but will it catch the bad guy? Probably not.
A professional burglar knows the business. He can disarm most systems and understands about loud alarms that aren’t hooked up to anything outside the house. He knows that if an alarm goes off, he still has enough time to find grandma’s pearls, your good silver, and the cash in the freezer - and be long gone before the first police car arrives on the scene.
Many alarm companies sell silent alarms and convince homeowners this is the way to go. Unfortunately, these are anything but helpful. Considering that burglars already know they have five or ten minutes with an alarm sounding, without the alarm they won’t have any way of knowing. If the cops are taking their time, these bad guys will have all that extra time to do even more damage.
The only way to go is video! CCTV is the best type of surveillance system you can invest in. Without video, the police have little to go on. If these guys don’t leave any evidence behind like finger prints or some sort of DNA, the cops have nothing to go on unless you have a video security system installed.
As long as you are adding video cameras, make sure you have cameras that include motion sensors - these cameras follow movements. There’s little sense in installing video cameras and then finding out that all the action was out of camera range! Make sure you have at least a camera at the front door, and then put alarms on each window. A super effective system will have cameras and alarms at each entrance, and cameras and audio that cover the entire property.
If nothing else, at least have a good motion camera, with audio, installed at your front door.
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