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Do you wonder how safe you are in your home? Our homes should be the place we feel safest. However, the truth is that the United States has the more burglaries of any country in the world. One burglary occurs about every 15 seconds.

Knowledge is power though. Being informed can empower you to take steps to protect yourself and your family from potential break-ins.

Here are a few interesting statistics from Safewise:

1. 30% of burglars gained entry to homes by way of an unlocked door, window or other opening without having to use force.

The takeaway? Make it a habit to lock your doors and windows if you are not home. If you are home, constrain the open windows or unlocked doors to only those rooms that are occupied. Consider using a home alarm system to protect all windows and doors in your home, so that you can be alerted if someone attempts to enter.

Take a walk around your home to identify any other openings which someone could use to enter you house. Places to check are basement windows, crawlspaces and attic windows.

2. Most burglars will avoid homes that have security systems. And if an alarm sounds during a break-in, they will flee immediately.

The takeaway here is to install a professional security system if you do not already have one. Burglars know that a security system means sirens will sound, cameras may be watching and that the police will soon arrive, due to the monitoring service being notified.

When you have a system installed, ask for yard signs and window stickers that alert visitors that a security system is present. Also install cameras (indoor and outdoor) that are in plain sight, so the burglars realize they are being watched. Each of these measures may scare the burglar away before he does damage to your property.

At Best Security Products, we are experts in Home Security Systems. Please call or email for a consultation: 1-800–988–2378 sales@bestsecurityproducts.com

Source: http://www.safewise.com/blog/8-surprising-home-burglary-statistics/

As a business owner, you no doubt are aware that billions of dollars are lost each year to theft. One of your best defenses against theft is having a high quality business alarm system installed, maintained and monitored by a professional security company. And there is one aspect of this type of system that is particularly important: night vision video cameras.

It is a well-known fact that burglars prefer to do their work under the cover of darkness, since this lessens the odds that they will be caught. This is one of the reasons why security lighting is such an important part of your overall security plan: when the area around your business (parking lot, doors and windows) is brightly lit, a burglar will not see your business as an attractive opportunity. Likewise, keeping the inside of your business brightly lit at night is also a smart strategy for repelling burglars, since passers-by can easily see what is happening inside your business and could see the burglar.

However, even with security lights in place, there may still be dimly lit areas around the interior and exterior of your building. Regular video surveillance cameras will not be effective in dim areas; the images and recording will be low quality and of little use in identifying and apprehending the criminal.

Night vision cameras from Honeywell are the right choice for protecting your business at night. Click here for an informational brochure about Honeywell Night Vision Security cameras, but here is a short excerpt explaining the infrared light that makes these cameras the right choice for superior burglar protection:

Infrared light is a light that the human eye cannot see, but the monochrome CCTV camera can. Near infrared light is light of a longer wavelength than the visible spectrum, between 700 and 1,100 nm, just beyond the visible spectrum. It is this near infrared light that is used for CCTV purposes.

As infrared light contains none of the colors visible to humans it cannot be used with color cameras. To see infrared light, monochrome or day/night cameras are needed. CCTV cameras using infrared light always provide monochrome images.

Applications that require covert surveillance, or applications where even low levels of overt lighting must be avoided for reasons of light pollution, are ideal for infrared light.

At Best Security Products, we can install Honeywell night vision cameras to protect your business. Give us a call or email us at 1-800–988–2378 sales@bestsecurityproducts.com

Source: http://www.honeywellvideo.com/documents/NightVisionSecurity.pdf

Regardless of what type of business you own, you should have a commercial alarm system installed. Every day, business owners suffer losses due to break-ins, vandalism, shoplifting, employee theft and fire damage. A commercial alarm system can help your business deal with each of these threats, as these systems are multi-faceted.

The main use of a commercial alarm system is for protection from burglary. A professionally installed alarm system can detect the presence of an intruder, even before he attempts to break into your building.

Starting outside with outdoor perimeter protection, security lights, motion detectors and video surveillance cameras can aid in alerting you and your monitoring service that an intruder is on your property. Once the intruder attempts to break into your building, door and window alarms and glass break sensors can trigger your alarm system. If the intruder makes it inside your building, pressure mat sensors, video surveillance, motion detectors and sirens will trigger your system and alert you of his presence.

Shoplifting and employee theft can also be reduced with a commercial alarm system. Pressure mats can be used in restricted areas and will alert you if someone enters those areas. Video surveillance can be used to monitor both employees and customers to reduce shoplifting and employee theft.

Finally, your commercial alarm system can include a robust fire protection system to monitor for smoke, excessive heat and fire. The use of automatic sprinklers and an addressable system can pinpoint the location of the fire to make containment and control easier.

Best Security Products specializes in commercial alarm systems, outdoor perimeter protection and addressable fire alarm systems and fire alarm panels for businesses in the San Diego County area.
For a consultation, give us a call or email us at 1-800–988–2378 sales@bestsecurityproducts.com