There are many homeowners who believe that a dog is the best deterrent for home burglaries and in many instances, a barking animal has chased away a burglary and halted a break in. However, when the family is not at home, a barking dog will only be heard by the burglar and if they have scouted the house for breaking in, they probably have some treats handy to keep to dog's mouth busy while they go about their business.
Most people may have a dog to provide notification is someone is wandering around the yard at night or peering into the windows, but when they are not home they have a burglar system to reduce the chance of someone breaking in unnoticed. Understand, there are very few burglar alarm systems on the market that come with a 100 percent guarantee against break-ins, but they greatly diminish the odds of returning home and finding most of your possessions gone.
In addition to protecting your belongings, many home insurance companies offer premium discounts for home equipped with a burglar system or even DYI home security systems. While most consider an alarm system to be a deterrent to crime, insurance companies view them as a way of the homeowner doing their part to reduce financial losses. In most cases, it does not matter how elaborate the system is, as what is important is that it serves to keep people out of the home when no one is there.
Depending on the neighborhood as well as the crime rate, a burglar system is often used even when the family is at home. For those planning to have the system on when the house is occupied they can have the burglar system divided into zones with the ability to have the entire home protected, when they are gone, or only certain areas of the home that is not in use when they are at home. For example, they can have the perimeter of the home activated while they are watching television or sitting around reading and if they leave the house, can activate any internal sensors that protect the inside rooms of the house.
For most homeowners, protecting their family is more important than protecting their property and want to make sure they have plenty of notice if someone attempts to get into the house while they are home. Their burglar system may go beyond sensors on door and windows, they may also have contact pads under carpeting as well as infrared beams protecting rooms inside the house. There are also likely to be motion sensor lights on the outside of the home to alert the homeowners of anyone sneaking around outside after dark.
Although most burglar systems being sold and installed today are designed to automatically place a call to a company call center that will notify the police of a break-in, many others will have a rather loud local alarm intended to scare off anyone attempting to enter the home uninvited. This audible alarm can also be used when the homeowner is not at home to alert the neighbors that something is not right in the neighborhood.
