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Home: Job Site Video Surveillance
Show me information about job site video surveillanceIs your apartment or home to be empty for a few days while you go vacationing? That is when the home usually is vulnerable to thieves breaking in. Here are several things to do to deter thieves. * The best security for your apartment is to get someone staying at home. Having someone stay at your home is always safer than a house that is empty. See if you can get a relative to remain at your apartment for the time you are away. * Halt your newspaper delivery and mail delivery for the entire time you are away. Unread newspapers and an overflowing mailbox lets everyone know that your house is unoccupied. * If you keep a garden or have potted plants that are visible arrange for them to be watered and kept well. Alternatively move the potted plants out of sight. Dying plants tell the observer that no one is home. * Put lights and tv on timers. Use timers to control lights in many rooms. Set the timings of the lights so it looks as if someone is home. At sundown the living room lights should switch on. At the time you turn in the living room should have lights off and switch on the bedroom lights. If you usually switch tv on at 8 and keep in on till 11 pm the timer should do the same thing. Though the lights are on the lack of light from the tv might give away that the apartment or home is empty. * Find out if a neighbor will agree to visit your apartment or home often. Doors and windows being opened points out that the apartment or home is occupied. * If you rent the apartment or house you may want to notify your landlord that you will be out of station. The homeowner may want to keep an eye on it. * If you have an alarm installed see to it that the housesitter recognizes how to work it. * Ensure that you leave your contact details with the neighbor. Whoever is keeping tabs on the home must be well aware of who should be informed should a problem crop up.
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