Home Security And Alarm Systems

I know that many of us have heard these warnings again and again, but they’re worth repeating because when it comes to home security, it’s easy to get lulled into complacency. After all, if your home has never been broken into, you don’t know what that feeling is like. I confess. I’ve never had my [...]

This is something I have been noticing for years and I must admit it baffles me. Driving around late at night, I will see numerous homes with outside lights turned on. Some of them might just have a single light turned on at their front door while others have numerous flood lights on which are [...]

Now here’s a new one for the “Boldness Hall of Fame.” Someone in the Fresno, CA area is going door-to-door posing as a security system installer. The individual reportedly approaches homeowners and tries to convince them that he has come to install a an alarm key pad. Although this individual claims to be working for [...]

The economic news does not seem to be getting any better. It seems that this recession is more than the politicians can handle. Unemployment remains high and word of new lay-offs seem to be in the news every day. Our current economic condition mirrors the recessions and depressions of the past in many ways. Crime [...]

A homeowner in Shelby County, TN – just outside of Memphis – caught some brazen daytime burglars on his home security camera. Neighbors and police are hoping they’ll be caught next by area law enforcement. You can see the two men running through the home as they are captured by the security camera, and although [...]

I’ve got to admit, Google Maps and other similar services available on the internet are very useful and I’m probably as hooked on them as anyone else. I’m always looking up an address or just browsing through the aerial photos of my house and other places just for entertainment purposes. I guess sometimes we may [...]

This recent news story from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area is one I can certainly relate to! Not because my garage was broken into (we’ve been lucky) but because on more than one occasion one of us has forgotten to close one of the garage overhead doors and left it open all night long while we [...]