In the United States a burglary takes place approximately every 15 seconds. Many people live under the false illusion that it could never happen to them, but when it does they regret the day they decided a home security system was an extravagance. Some people never recover from the trauma of being victimized by an unwanted intruder and develop post-traumatic stress syndrome. They cannot sleep peacefully at night for fear that their home will be broken into again.
The sad truth is that a burglar will return to the same location repeatedly if he (or she) was successful the first time. The criminally-minded are primarily concerned with the amount of risk involved in breaking into a home. They scan your premises for barriers to their entry and if you have few or none in place you become a worthwhile target.
Burglars look for an easy way in:
The more of these elements that are in place on your premises the greater the temptation it is for an intruder to break in and rob you. Burglars have no personal interest in you – they simply look for an easy home to get into without detection. When they are successful once, they tend to give you a few weeks to replace your stolen items with new merchandise and come back and take it all again. They will do this multiple times until you implement the security measures that increase the risk. Law enforcement agencies recommend home security equipment as one of the most effective barriers to intrusion.
