Child Safety & Awareness - #8
Home Invasion Crime Prevention
Section One
Doors & Windows
Across the country Home Invasions & Break-Ins are on the rise. The best defense is to safeguard your home against Break-Ins for the protection of your family and valuables. Take a pro-active approach to all of the methods used by would be criminals to have them bypass your home as a target.
All the information gathered in this article was done by personally interviewing police officers in robbery units and their recommendations from personal experiences and interrogations from actual criminals.
DOORS
- Front door must be solid (sometimes the most expensive is not the safest.)
- If there are windows or glass on the side of the doors then the lock must be a key on both sides. If they break the glass they can reach in & unlock the door.
- The lock must be a dead bolt and the screws to the latch must go past the jam and into the solid wood. (Many doors have been easily pushed or kicked in.)
- Sliding Glass Doors - Do Not depend on the lock on the door. The majority of break-ins are from sliding glass doors because they are in the back of the house and easily pried open unless you place a piece of wood in the slide so the door cannot be pried open.
- French Doors - Not Recommended (too easy to push in)
- If your screen door locks, lock it!!!
Please Note: If you ever come home and your interior chain latch is locked from the inside….a criminal may still be in the house. If they did not break in the front door they usually secure the front door to give themselves time to escape if you come home while they are still there.
WINDOWS
- Ground floor and basement windows - opened or unsecured windows when not at home or evening time are a red carpet invitation for any intruder.
- Window Air Conditioners - Secure top and bottom of window. Anyone can push it in.
- Buy an extra lock so you can leave the window open about six inches and it will be easy for you to open from the inside.
Compliments of Anthony Arango
Assistant Professor Garland R. Johnson
www.universalkempo.com
This page last updated: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 0:18
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