Is Your Home Protected?

     It started few months ago when our neighborhood was hit by a couple of burglaries. It usually happened during midnight until dawn. In fact, when I was by myself one night since my husband was on a business trip, a police helicopter was circling in our house and other three houses in our neighborhood. I was terrified because I saw the spotlight from the helicopter going back and forth in our house and few of my neighbors houses.  When I was looking at the window, I saw police cars on the street. I was still shivering when I called my husband of what was going on. He immediately told me to lock all the doors and windows and don't let anybody inside the house.

     The next day, my husband called me on the phone and told me that he called one of our neighbors and asked him of what was going on the other night. I was not aware that one of our neighbor's house was being ransacked. The thief/thieves stole jewelries and cash. The worst thing that happened was they came back after the policemen were gone and stole our neighbor's car. It was indeed a nightmare for our neighbors. Since our neighbor's house did not have a gated driveway, the burglars went to the back door of their house and pried it. It happened they guessed in the late afternoon while there's nobody in the house. When Liza (not her real name) came home after work. She usually parked her car in the driveway and  used their backdoor to come inside the house. As soon as she was about to open the door she noticed that somebody had forced to open it and their house was a mess. She immediately went to our neighbor's house which her next door neighbor and told them that somebody went inside the house. Since they thought that the burglar/s might still be inside, they called 911 and that's why the policemen came including that police helicopter.  The policemen did not find anybody inside the house or any suspicious people around. These bad things won't be happening if only our neighbor have burglar alarms from home security teams the would-be intruders know immediately that their house is protected. In fact after many burglaries happened in our neighborhood many signs stated "Neighborhood Watch" were posted in almost all the streets. Many of our neighbors also buy a home security protection and put signs in front of their house so that intruders know that their house has protection from any force entry.  

     Our next door neighbor( not the victim of the burglary) bought a home security protection but he hired a professional installer because he said that the installation process may take longer if he will do it himself. He told us that he got some tips online and he has the options to which alarm systems he wants to buy. He added that he was happy of the one he chose and confident that his house is protected especially when nobody is not around. Although many of these burglars are in jail but still our neighborhood is not safe. One thing we should do as a responsible owners should not to forget to lock the doors and windows of our house and cars and get a house protection from the home security teams.