Advertise Your Home Security System
The lesson here is to make sure anyone passes your house knows your home is protected by a home security system. You accomplish this by using the security system in use signs provided by your security company. These signs should be placed on each side of your yard so regardless of what angle a potential thief views your home from he will see the monitored home security signs in use.
The sight of home security signs to a potential robber tells him to look for an easier home to target for his robbery. Consider it this way, if there were two homes and you were told to break-in to one of them would you choose the one with the home security system signs or the one without? I think most of us would choose the home without the security signs.
In addition we highly recommend putting small home security system stickers on each ground level window of the your home and the doors. Even if the burglar were to miss the sign in the yard he or she will see the security system stickers and more than likely walk away.
Sometimes these simple little steps are overlooked in your home security plan, but adding the home security system signs and labels can make all the difference in your familys safety.