SECURITY ARTICLES
4 REASONS FOR A
HOME SECURITY SYSTEM
Your home security system
should be the most important appliance in your home. One of the first
investments that you should make after purchasing a new home is a home
security system. Now more than ever, with drug use among America's youth
holding at a steady pace or rising, a home security system should be on
top of your priority list.
As an ex home security
system salesman, it always amazed me how many people would purchase a
home security system after they had been victimized. The main problem
is, people have the true ability to think that crime will not happen to
them. I would have to say that at least 6 out of 10 times that I went to
an appointment, it was after an incident of some kind. Most people, if
not all, like to think they live in a nice neighborhood, so they think
that they don't need a home security system. The problem is, I can tell
you first hand that crime happens everywhere. Lots of times crime
happens in a neighborhood without anyone but the victims knowing about
it. People don't always like sharing bad news with their neighbors,
especially if they are not on speaking terms. Industry statistics show
that chances are that if you are burglarized, it is by someone who is
familiar with your home or neighborhood. Usually it is someone that
lives in the neighborhood or maybe knows someone in the neighborhood.
A home security system
has four objectives:
1. Deterrence
Statistically you are 3
to 4 time less likely to have an intruder enter your home if you have a
home security system sign on your front lawn and stickers on your
windows.
2. Minimum loss
If someone is brave
enough to enter your home after seeing the lawn sign, they don't believe
that you actually have a home security system. You can go to ebay right
now and purchase an ADT yard sign and stickers, which means that every
yard sign you see does not mean that the home owner has a home security
system. If a intruder decides to enter your home and the alarm sounds,
chances are he is not going to stick around very long, he may take an
item or two, be he won't be able to go shopping in your home because he
knows the police have been called.
3. Avoid a confrontation
The last thing anyone
wants, is to return home only to have an intruder in the house. If you
have a home security system, if someone broke into your home, when the
alarm sounded he probably left. If you arrive home and your alarm is
sounding, you know not to enter the house.
4. Fire protection
The home security system
of today has the ability to have smoke detectors connected to it. ADT
actually calls them smoke communicators. If smoke is detected, the home
security system alerts the monitoring station and a representative calls
your home, if someone does not answer the phone, the fire department is
dispatched.
Insurance companies offer
up to a 20% discount for having a home security system. That being said,
the investment you make will eventually be paid for by your insurance
company. Overall, a home security system should be strongly considered.
If you are a new homeowner or if you have been in your home for 20
years, it is a investment that is worth every penny.
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