Home Security - what we did
Now that we're retired we take longer trips - but we worry about leaving the house for long. We don't have family in the area and don't have any close neighbors that we'd like to put responsibility on...
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gemsworld wrote:Retired JSO wrote:
We have video and a monitored alarm. These items do not make things more secure. I’ve had a guy who we recorded breaking into a car come look in my truck which triggered the motion lights and smiled at the camera while acting like he was combing his hair. The so called security systems only make you feel more secure and basically alert you after the fact. “hold hands and sing the Coke song.”
I disagree. A security system and cameras will deter some scumbags from breaking into a home or vehicle. Of course, no security system will deter a determined professional thief or a scumbag high on drugs.
There are plenty of documented cases when alarm systems and cameras were instrumental in catching burglars in the act, or identifying the perps after the fact.
True, an alarm system will not make the house more secure. If someone wants in bad enough they are getting in. We run our system in silent mode with immediate trigger when we are on the road. Police are dispatched immediately. Hopefully the intruder gets caught, believing that there is no alarm system and that they have plenty of time to search for loot.
myredracer is right. There are limits on how long the insurance company will allow the house to be empty. Mine is 180 days. Check your policy to be certain.
