We all feel more secure when we are positive no one can gain unlawful entry into our homes. Whether we are at the grocery store, away on vacation, or sleeping soundly in our beds - safety is always a priority. Because of this need, home security systems have been on the market for almost a hundred years. Recent advances in technology, however, have made buying a home security system about as complicated as it can get, so many homeowners tend to buy the wrong one, or go without.
Nowadays, video is everything. We can't just expect to have an alarm go off as the door or window is pried open, and then have the burglar run scared as he takes off. A loud noise is certainly going to scare someone into thinking twice about robbing your home or your office, but will it catch the bad guy? Probably not.
A professional burglar knows the business. He can disarm most systems and understands about loud alarms that aren't hooked up to anything outside the house. He knows that if an alarm goes off, he still has enough time to find grandma's pearls, your good silver, and the cash in the freezer - and be long gone before the first police car arrives on the scene.
Many alarm companies sell silent alarms and convince homeowners this is the way to go. Unfortunately, these are anything but helpful. Considering that burglars already know they have five or ten minutes with an alarm sounding, without the alarm they won't have any way of knowing. If the cops are taking their time, these bad guys will have all that extra time to do even more damage.
The only way to go is video! CCTV is the best type of surveillance system you can invest in. Without video, the police have little to go on. If these guys don't leave any evidence behind like finger prints or some sort of DNA, the cops have nothing to go on unless you have a video security system installed.
Video systems, or CCTV systems, can include anywhere from one camera - usually positioned outside over the front entrance - to multiple cameras inside and out. The more cameras, the better chance of not only catching the culprits, but of collecting any other evidence left behind. The best ones have built in motion detectors - these will focus on and move towards people (or dogs, cars, whatever).
If nothing else, at least have a good motion camera, with audio, installed at your front door. - 22787
Nowadays, video is everything. We can't just expect to have an alarm go off as the door or window is pried open, and then have the burglar run scared as he takes off. A loud noise is certainly going to scare someone into thinking twice about robbing your home or your office, but will it catch the bad guy? Probably not.
A professional burglar knows the business. He can disarm most systems and understands about loud alarms that aren't hooked up to anything outside the house. He knows that if an alarm goes off, he still has enough time to find grandma's pearls, your good silver, and the cash in the freezer - and be long gone before the first police car arrives on the scene.
Many alarm companies sell silent alarms and convince homeowners this is the way to go. Unfortunately, these are anything but helpful. Considering that burglars already know they have five or ten minutes with an alarm sounding, without the alarm they won't have any way of knowing. If the cops are taking their time, these bad guys will have all that extra time to do even more damage.
The only way to go is video! CCTV is the best type of surveillance system you can invest in. Without video, the police have little to go on. If these guys don't leave any evidence behind like finger prints or some sort of DNA, the cops have nothing to go on unless you have a video security system installed.
Video systems, or CCTV systems, can include anywhere from one camera - usually positioned outside over the front entrance - to multiple cameras inside and out. The more cameras, the better chance of not only catching the culprits, but of collecting any other evidence left behind. The best ones have built in motion detectors - these will focus on and move towards people (or dogs, cars, whatever).
If nothing else, at least have a good motion camera, with audio, installed at your front door. - 22787
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