How to Prevent Home Break-Ins

Residential break-ins typically peak following the holiday season, making the winter a good time to fortify your home’s security. To learn more about what you can do to prevent your home from becoming the object of a burglar’s eye, check out this brief news clip.

In the video, reporter Larry Smith discusses the importance of securing your home through conventional means, as well as the employment of clever strategies. The former include locking your doors whenever you leave home, applying window film to glass windows in your home to make them shatterproof, and prominently displaying signs that activity in your home is monitored by CCTV surveillance cameras. Other strategies include using light timers to make it appear that someone is up and about in your home even when it’s empty and securing your garage door latch with a zip-tie.

Keeping your home safe and secure is always easier with the help of a reputable locksmith. To speak with a trained and experienced locksmith in the Orlando area about security locks, home safes, and CCTV security cameras , call Armstrong Lock & Security Products at (407) 434-0181.