It has been estimated that up to 60 percent of all Americans own their own home. The great American dream: owning your own home. Of course, ownership comes with great responsibility not only for you and the mortgage holder, but also for your neighbors and your community. Some neighborhoods have very strict laws about what you can and cannot do in your home.
One of the first things you should consider is starting or joining a neighborhood watch program. If your neighborhood doesn’t have one, they’re pretty easy to get up and running. And they are free. Just check with your local sheriff’s department. They can help you get one up and running.
Of course, there are many other things you can do to increase the security of your home. Start with removing trees and shrubs that could be potential hiding places near lower-level doors and windows. Consider putting up some warning sign of a vicious watchdog or security company. Some people spend a lot of money on security systems that are monitored and are fine if you have the money. Most new owners don’t.
Other simple things you can do is to install some window and door alarms. Shockingly, 60% of all burglaries occur through open doors and windows.
On a fancier side, but really not that expensive, are motion-activated spotlights with a home security camera. These have a spy camera and DVR inside of them, a hidden dvr. When the motion detector is triggered, the bright 80 LED spotlight lights up and a DVR starts recording. The footage is transferred to an 8 GB SD card that contains approximately 5 hours of video. It has the capacity of 32 GB SD card as an option.
The viewing range is 120 degrees and 80 feet, which is great for seeing at night. Since the recording is done only with motion activated, it is possible, depending on the level of activity, to get more than a week of recording on an SD card.
So it provides night time security for your home and as a bonus if someone is crazy enough to try to break into your house you will have their image on the camera. Strengthen your security and vigilance with one of these new tools.
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