| By the way, the Police do not deter crime! They react to problems, after they occur.
In order to deter crime, they would need to have a squad car parked every 100 feet, up and down ever street, 24 hours a day. I can't even imagine what your local property tax bill would to be to support such a presence.
Well, that's pretty much it, folks.
When he works.
How he gets in.
ERROR MSG Where he goes once he's inside.
What he takes.
How long he's there.
If you keep these things in mind, it's pretty easy to design an alarm system that will deter him from breaking in, detect him when he tries to break in, or detect him while he moves about the house during his initial survey.
Of course, no-one wants The Bad Guy in their home. But the cold, hard, ugly truth is that if he wants in badly enough, there is NOTHING you can do to keep him out.
Locks on doors function on the assumption that a person isn't willing to do some damage to get it. The Bad Guy is only too willing to break a pane of glass in a door, and reach in to open it. He's only too willing to toss a heavy log from your woodpile through a sliding-glass door, and step through the smashed opening.
ERROR MSG(This fact, by the way, is why perimeter-only alarm systems--putting detectors on doors and windows only--are not effective. Frequently, the door or window is never actually opened, but merely smashed and stepped-through.)
A well designed alarm system will, in most cases keep him out; but if he gets by the perimeter measures, an alarm will get him out by eliminating his most important ally --stealth. | |
