| Home security is often focused on detached, | | | | sash locks, and should augment that with a security |
| single-family houses. However, millions of Americans | | | | bar of some sort in the track of the sliding window. |
| live in apartments, condos, and townhouses and have | | | | This will force a burglar to actually break the window |
| as many security concerns as homeowners. | | | | which will draw a lot of attention to the scene, |
| Apartments are common targets for burglars, they | | | | especially if you live in an apartment complex with a |
| are easier to stake out and they can hit more home | | | | lot of neighbors in close proximity. If you do have a |
| with less work. This is why extra security measures | | | | house, a window breaking will then sound an alarm |
| are necessary if you're an apartment dweller. While | | | | from one of the window sensors that came with |
| renter's insurance is a good idea and can help you out | | | | most monitored home security burglar alarm. |
| after the fact, ideally you want to prevent your | | | | Keeping your front door locked is common sense, |
| stuff being stolen. Home, or apartment, security | | | | but not everyone goes the extra step and has a |
| should be the top priority for everyone, and particular | | | | case-hardened steel deadbolt lock installed. If you live |
| attention should be to certain areas of security when | | | | in an apartment, having a very strong deadbolt lock is |
| living in an apartment. | | | | highly recommended, talk to your landlord about |
| It is especially important to lock your doors and | | | | installing one. |
| windows. For your windows you should install strong | | | | |