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Home Security & Safety Tips Interior Security Leave the television or radio on at a volume loud enough to barely be heard by someone standing outside a door or window. If you have a large home, you might consider leaving a TV on in a downstairs room and a radio on in an upstairs room. Leave lights on in various parts of the home, or place a few lights on timers. A basic on-off timer does the job and is quite inexpensive. Does your answering machine say: "no one is home right now?" Your outgoing message should never say no one is at home. Instead, a message that states: "We can't get to the phone right now" leaves some doubt to the caller as to whether someone is actually home, and is still truthful. With the advance of cell phones, anyone can call from a vehicle parked right in front of your house. If young children are permitted to answer the phone, teach them to say "mommy or daddy can't come to the phone right now", instead of "they're not home right now." This would still be a truthful statement. Do not hide your spare house key outside the home. Professional burglars know most of the hiding places anyway. |
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