Many burglaries occur while the homeowners and family are away from the house. It’s often ridiculously easy to spot a house that has been unoccupied for a day or more and is likely to be so longer. Taking a few simple precautions can minimize your chances of being a victim of crime.
Many common sense tips [...]

According to FBI statistics, there’s a violent crime every 18 seconds, on average. Every 29 seconds a violent assault occurs, a forcible rape every five minutes and a murder every 24 minutes. Numbers like those are enough to make a person paranoid.
It’s reasonable to take proper precautions, at home and around town or abroad, even [...]

According to the FBI, a burglary is committed about every twelve seconds. In order to avoid being a data point in those statistics there are things you can do to secure your home. Just try to think as the professional burglar does.
One thing that is safe to say about most professional burglars is: they avoid [...]

There are certain benefits and disadvantages, from a security standpoint, to living in an apartment or condominium.
In a complex of any size, management often takes on the responsibility of providing security, at least in general. They will sometimes hire private guards. But even when they don’t, in the majority of cases they take some efforts [...]

According to the FBI a burglary is committed somewhere on average every 15 seconds. To avoid being the victim of one of them there is a wide range of steps a homeowner can take. Some, like locking doors or arranging for neighbors to watch the house, are free and just require a little planning and [...]

With many home security systems you are not only buying equipment, but contracting with a company who will monitor it and respond when alarms are triggered. Choosing a home security system and company requires some research. You want a company that is a good combination of old-fashioned virtues and state-of-the-art facilities.
The ideal, as with many [...]

Everyone has seen a scene in a film where someone drives up to a huge, gated estate and presses the intercom button to be allowed in. Yet, even much more modest homes may have long driveways, or ones out of sight from the house. Being able to know when someone - and who - arrives [...]