The lowdown on home video surveillance in canada
Is your house going to be empty for many days while you and your family vacation out of town? That is when your home is open to burglaries and housebreaks. Here are several specific things and ideas to deal with it.
* The most effective defense is to arrange for a house sitter. Having someone in is very likely safer than an uninhabited apartment. Try to arrange for a relative or friend to remain at your apartment while you go on vacation.
* Halt your newspaper and mail while you are away. Unread newspaper and mail calls attention to the fact that the house is empty.
* If you keep a garden or have potted plants that are visible get someone to come in and water them. Or ensure that the potted plants are kept out of sight. Untended and dying plants convey to would be burglars that the house is not occupied.
* Use timers on the lights, radio and tv. Use timers on lights in several rooms. The lights should be switched on and off in a natural sequence. At sundown the living room lights should switch on. Around your normal sleeptime living room should turn dark and the bedroom lights should be turned on.
If you turn tv on at 7 most days and keep in on till 11 pm the timer should do the same thing. The lights in the house may be on but the lack of light from the tv may lead someone to suspect that the house is uninhabited.
* See if a neighbor can drop in and check on your apartment on a regular basis. Doors and windows being opened points out that the house is inhabited.
* If you rent a home or apartment you might notify the owner that you are going out of town. Your homeowner may want to check on the home regularly.
* If you use a home security system ensure that the home sitter is familiar with how to run it.
* Make certain that the caretaker or house sitter can contact you. Whoever is keeping tabs on the home must know who is to be informed should a problem crop up.
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