With or without economic hard times there is always crime. In some cases the victim is a merchant with a large quantity of cash but for most criminals the easiest target for robbery is the homeowner. Homeowners do not normally have have serious protection for their possessions beyond, of course, the local police department. Compared to a storekeeper who is likely to have measures in place to keep his inventory safe, the average homeowner presents no challenge at all. There are exceptions, however. Many people take their home security seriously.

The value of firearms for home protection
Many people fail to realize that even a thoroughly trained gun-owner will still be unprepared when confronted in their own home by a violent criminal. Guns are also tools that rely on the judgment of the user to work as intended. Mistakes can happen and in the case of weaponry those mistakes can be tragic. Defending your home with violence against someone experienced in the ways of violence is not easy and for those people who have no idea what they are doing things can go horribly wrong. All that said, basic safety is a priority for most people, it could even be called a \”right\”. Fortunately, there are more practical measures for keeping a home safe.

Home security systems
Here we have a preventive approach to home security. It is usually far wiser to stop the problem before it begins rather than react to it. The simplest form of home protection system, also known as a burglar alarm, alerts the homeowner to an intruder so that they can take action in time to prevent danger to their home\’s occupants and/or belongings. There are, however, several types of home protection systems. As technology has improved and diversified over the years, so have the methods of protecting material goods.

The key function of the home security is detection. Home security systems exist specifically to detect intrusion. To this end there a number of electronic methods to sense unauthorized entry. Infrared sensors are an example of this. The infrared sensors keep track of ambient heat in a location and can tell when that heat goes up due to a person or persons being in that location. There are sensors that can detect motion and are triggered if there is movement in the area monitored by the sensor. There are also sensors called contacts which can be placed on windows and doors. Movement of the windows or doors triggers the sensors. In some cases windows, especially ground-floor windows, can be fitted with sensors to detect the breaking of the glass.

The triggered sensor may set off an alarm to alert only the homeowner, or it may also send an alert to another location monitored by a security company who may send personnel to the home and/or notify law enforcement.

Many contemporary home security systems may have a method for the homeowner to disarm the alarm using a code or PIN. This code is to prevent unauthorized persons (like intruders) disarming the alarm.

For those people who recognize the practical limitations of firearms and door-locks, a home security system is a smart way of handling the risk of burglary.

Author Bio: Edward Kendricks writes for CTS (www.cts-networks.co.uk), a UK CCTV installer.

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