Home Invasion Criminals Can Be Extremely Violent!

With the increase in the number of individuals & families alike being violently victimized, raped & murdered in their homes over the past decade, more people need to start looking at home security much differently.

Home security systems are certainly needed in helping us secure our homes, but by themselves they only help to safeguard the home's contents.

With home invasion criminals & sexual predators targeting people in their homes more so in today’s society than at any time before, home security needs to be about protecting the home's occupants first & foremost.

With implementing the right physical security measures to help ensure the safety, security & wellbeing of the home's occupants, the contents in the home will automatically receive a much higher level of security.

Most burglars prefer to work alone & they normally target homes that are unoccupied.

Most home burglars are nonviolent & if discovered in the commission of their crime their first instinct is to bolt from the residents.

Although most burglars’ general make up is nonviolent, they may resort to violence if they are cornered or if their escape is interfered with.

A house invasion is normally carried out by two or more individuals & according to an FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, the homes they target are usually occupied by women, elderly people or drug dealers.

The same law enforcement bulletin also states that criminals are turning to home invasions as an alternative to armed robbery.

The report states that holding up banks & convenience stores have become increasingly more difficult for criminals because of video surveillance, silent alarms & other technically advanced anti crime devices.

Unlike those criminals who carry out home burglaries, home invasion criminals are known to become violent & in some cases extremely violent.

Most of these criminals are successful in forcing their way into people’s homes & this is mainly due to two reasons:

1. Home owners letting down their guard by opening their doors to these criminals allowing them to easily force their way in.

2. A lack of or no physical security measures taken at all to stop these criminals from easily gaining entry inside the home.

The main entry point for these criminals is through the front door of the home as many people after hearing the doorbell or a knock at the door do not think twice about opening the door to see who is there.

For those who ask who is there prior to opening the door, most of these criminals have a scam in place & in many cases the scam works & the person inside the home drops their guard & opens the door.

Some of the scams these criminals use include impersonating a delivery person, informing those answering the door that they have a package or a flower delivery.

Informing the individual that they just backed into their parked car will make many individuals inside the home open the door quite quickly.

It is unfortunate that people become so worried about what damage may be done to their vehicle, that any worries of their personal safety no longer comes into play.

Home invasions are on the rise with many of these unlawful intrusions resulting in those inside the home being badly beaten, raped & in some situations murdered.

Due to this fact it is extremely important for you & your family to be vigilant of your surroundings at all times.

We owe it to our loved ones to act responsibly by implementing an adequate level of security protection that will drastically reduce their odds of ever becoming victimized.

With the right physical & electronic security measures in place, this should provide those inside the home with the time they need to contact the police.

The best way to know if additional security measures need to be taken is to have a clear understanding of the security threat that you & your neighbors face each day.

The best way to find out what the precise security problems are in your neighborhood is to start obtaining the monthly burglary reports for your area.

These reports can be obtained from your local law enforcement agency or from a neighborhood watch group in your community. Many of these neighborhood watch groups post these reports on their websites. The one in my area has been posting these monthly reports on line since 2002.

If the monthly burglary report for your area does not contain information on home invasions that are happening in your community, ask your local neighborhood watch group if they have statistical details on this crime.

If you live in an area where police are unable to respond to your home immediately in an emergency situation, you may want to consider turning a small room or a large closet into a panic room.

For additional information on having a safe & secure place for you & your family to hold up until the authorities arrive, please visit my panic room web page.

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