| Protecting your home with a home security system | | | | sounds, you need to be ready with "Plan B." |
| which includes cameras and on-site security guards is | | | | A home security alarm, unless it has motion sensors |
| extremely costly, and usually beyond the means of | | | | capable of detecting the weight and body heat of |
| most homeowners. But given the price you might | | | | the source of movement, may sound when your |
| have to pay in stolen or destroyed property, or harm | | | | pets or wild animals are active in your yard. While |
| to you and your family if you are unlucky enough to | | | | there are such motion sensors available, home |
| be the victims of a home invasion, there are very | | | | owners who can afford them opt for security |
| few things which will offer you a greater payoff than | | | | cameras or security guards to avoid the nuisance of |
| an investment in a home security alarm. | | | | false security alarms. |
| A home security alarm will activate both a siren and | | | | Use Those Yard Signs And Decals |
| yard lights when it detects unusual motion or a | | | | One way in which a homeowner can avoid false |
| successful intrusion, and also contact your local law | | | | alarms is by situating the home security alarmin the |
| enforcement, or the company which monitors your | | | | places most likely to be the focus of intruders--their |
| home security alarm who will then notify the police. | | | | house's windows and doors. And home security alarm |
| But the siren and lights are usually enough to | | | | companies will supply the home owner with yard |
| discourage would-be intruders. | | | | signs and window decals to notify would-be intruders |
| Look For High-Tech Motion Sensors | | | | that the home is protected. |
| A home security alarm will be equipped with motion | | | | A survey of convicted burglars indicated that ninety |
| sensors that detect the presence of intruders and | | | | percent of them avoided homes which displayed yard |
| warn the home's residents. Some home security | | | | signs and decals from a home security company. |
| alarms will warn of motion occurring from a radius of | | | | While they seem like small things, the fact that they |
| up to thirty-five feet away form the home, but | | | | were a deterrent to so many burglars is an indication |
| others will only warn of motion inside the house | | | | of how important having a home security alarm can |
| when the intruder has already made a successful | | | | be. But if you want even more of a deterrent for |
| entry. If an intruder should make it into your house | | | | your home, consider installing faux security cameras |
| and remain undeterred even when your alarm | | | | on its exterior. |