Security Tips

  • Stop mail and newspapers. Weekly advertisement newspaper and publications should be picked up from the driveway and not accumulate.
  • Install motion activated outdoor lights. Use motion sensor lights inside and outside the home. Especially on exterior entrances. Burglars who come out at night have a fear of motion sensor lights.
  • Unplug garage door opener and insert a C-clamp on the track
  • Just moved into a new house? Re-key and change all locks. Update all locks
  • Notify HOA that your home will be vacant for a period of time
  • Sliding glass door and windows- install a wooden or metal bar into the tracks...23% of burglars enter in through a first floor window. Safeguarding your windows is just as important as your doors.
  • All exterior doors should have dead bolts installed, 34% of all burglars enter in through the front door.
  • Have your neighbors utilize your garbage cans to give the appearance that your home is occupied.
  • Leave a radio or tv turned on, talk radio, news etc. Noise is a great way to make criminals think your home is occupied
  • Don't close all curtains and blinds. You can give the lived in appearance, and not the closed down for the season appearance.
  • Lower your phone volume. 10% of burglaries are committed by someone familiar to the resident, by leaving a phone volume up, they can listen if it is picked up.
  • Install timers on inside lights.
  • Utilize fake security cameras and or signs, decals. These are a great deterrent.
  • Arrange for someone to pick up packages
  • Install a video doorbell