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Worst Home Security Mistakes That Are Happening All The Time!
In this article, you will discover the four worst home security mistakes that are happening all the time.
Number one worst mistake you could make is thinking that bad guys only come after midnight.
Most people seem to always prepare for a specific break-in. You’re lying in your bed, you’re woken up at 3 A.M. in the morning to the sound of broken glass, so you grab your gun and you are ready to stack bodies.
However, the reality is that most burglaries happen in the middle of the day. The FBI estimates that
65 percent of burglaries happen between 6 A.M. and 6 P.M.
If you have any security device installed in your home, you should not be really worried about the break-in during the middle of the night.
People should worry about the mom and kids who are at home in the middle of the day and they don’t
have that discipline to lock the doors. Door locks aren’t just for nighttime.
When thinking about home security, you’ve got to plan for an attack at any time of day or night.
Mistake number two is not having outer security improvements. That means no security lights, no
alarm systems, no cameras, no hardware fortifications (such as this kit for door reinforcement), no security signs in the driveway or warning that your mutant dog will bite your face off.
The number one rule of home security should be don’t be a target in the first place. Homes without a security system are 300 percent more likely to be broken in.
Get an alarm system, people! You need bad guys to look at your house and say “no thanks, not worth the trouble. I’ll pick someone else.”
Furthermore, if someone does attempt to a break-in, you need as much early warning as possible. You need time. This is really easy to do and accomplished and it doesn’t have to cost a lot.
Mistake number three is don’t advertise that you’re not home. To the criminal mind, certain behaviors cast a bat-signal over your house that says “break into this place.”
It is stuff like leaving trash cans at the end of the driveway longer than your neighbors do or letting
your mail stack up or leaving packages on your porch. All of that is a really bad idea.
Lights are another big issue because if you leave no lights on inside or outside of your house, then you’re inviting criminals. And if you have many lights on inside, they think “a-ha, you’re not home,” because no one sleeps with all their lights on.
Other behaviors, like letting your grass get too long or leaving cars in your driveway, can also
invite criminals. If you’re going out of town and you usually have a car parked inside the garage, consider putting the car in the driveway while you’re gone.
The fourth home security mistake is thinking about hardware but not inhabits. What good is your alarm system if you don’t turn it on when you leave the house and when you’re going to bed at night.
What good lock on your doors if you don’t use them. What good are your security blinds if you keep them open at night and anyone outside the house can see right in, sitting in the shadows and watching your every move. You are inviting trouble.
So don’t do any of that. You have to have good habits. You have to cultivate a lifestyle of security. It’s
not hard, it’s just making a tiny change here and there, so you and your family never become victims.
Harper Harrison is a reporter for The Hear UP. Harper got an internship at the NPR and worked as a reporter and producer. harper has also worked as a reporter for the Medium. Harper covers health and science for The Hear UP.
