"I’m not a burglar, but I worked for the largest security company in this country for half a decade.
Burglar alarms do not deter burglars. They just alert you that you have been burglarized. Most of the time the police will take very little action in response due to the fact that 98% of burglar alarm activation constitutes false alarms.
The sign that comes with the alarm though? That thing is worth more than the alarm as far as deterring burglars."
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Katarina 1 year ago
I read this to get some tips, but not the same kind of tips that you read it for.
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Morris 1 year ago
most of them are bullsh#t, like #5, noone steals electronics these days as TVs are to bulky and most other stuff is encrypted or password protected, its just random people on reddit telling you what they have seen in movies. 
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Carmon 1 year ago
Morris,
I worked in security for 20 years and responded to more alarms than I can recall. People do steal electronics and lots of them. Encryption and passwords are easy to bypass with the right knowledge. Most crims aren't stupid. They're not the local crackhead or kid
I worked in security for 20 years and responded to more alarms than I can recall. People do steal electronics and lots of them. Encryption and passwords are easy to bypass with the right knowledge. Most crims aren't stupid. They're not the local crackhead or kid
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Mally 1 year ago
Wrong!!! check any police log in local thefts and you'll find many cases of personal electronics stolen, it doesn't matter if you have a password or if it has tracking software, they get stolen because you weren't paying attention
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Lucas 1 year ago
In my limited experience with burglaries, it was my then girlfriend who was the biggest criminal. Sure, her house got robbed, but her claim to the insurance company more than tripled what actually got stolen. I couldn't carry on seeing her because of that, shame, she was so very hot.
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Rube 1 year ago
BS on the dog. If my motion lights come on, ANY of them, my dog(s) alert. If one alerts, they ALL alert. The outside cameras start up as soon as the lights come on. The sheds aren't locked, the keys are in the cars/trucks, and even in the mower and tractors, motorcycles, etc. Being rural helps a LOT. Having a shooting range in the back yard helps also. This is not the place to get stuff.
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Carmon 1 year ago
Rube,sadly, the biggest deterrent is that you own firearms so I'd just wait until no one was home. The second biggest threat are your dogs, but they're easy to bypass either temporarily or permanently. Everything else you have is just an inconvenience, not a deterrent. If someone wants something bad enough, they'll get it. Remember that people stole planes with box cutters once
I worked in security for 20 years and responded to more alarms than I can recall. People do steal electronics and lots of them. Encryption and passwords are easy to bypass with the right knowledge. Most crims aren't stupid. They're not the local crackhead or kid