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Exterior Doors

• Should always be locked at night and every time you leave your home.
• Should be solid hardwood or metal-clad.
• Should contain wide-angle peepholes.
• Any glass should be reinforced and shatterproof.
• All entryways should have a working keyed entry lock and sturdy deadbolt lock installed into the frame.
• Spare keys should be kept with a trusted neighbor and not hidden on the property.

Garage and Sliding Doors

• The door leading from the attached garage into the home should be solid wood or metal-clad and equipped with a quality keyed door lock and deadbolt. The overhead garage door should be equipped with a lock so as not to depend solely on the automatic garage door opener.
• Garage doors should always be locked when leaving the home.
• Sliding glass doors should be equipped with a sturdy working key lock device.
• Sliding glass doors should not be equipped with a dowel or pin, but a lock that will prevent the door from being shoved aside or lifted off the track.
• Sliding glass doors should always be locked at night and every time you leave your home.

Windows

• Every window should have a working key or be securely pinned.
• Windows should always be locked even when open only a few inches for ventilation.

Outdoors

• Shrubs and bushes should be adequately trimmed to prevent areas in which to hide.
• Dark areas around the home should be illuminated.
• Every outside door should have a bright working light to illuminate visitors.
• Outdoor lights should be illuminated every evening whether or not the home is occupied or a motion-control illumination device should be installed.
• The house number should be clearly displayed so that emergency responders can find the home.

When the Home is Unoccupied for Extended Periods

• At least two interior lights should be on timers and programmed in a logical sequence to turn on and off.
• Security system should be engaged.
• Mail and newspaper delivery should be temporarily suspended or arrangements for a neighbor to collect them daily should be made.
• Arrangements with a neighbor to keep an eye on the home should be made.
• Arrangements with a neighbor or maintenance person should be made to maintain the yard.

Outdoor Property and Valuables

• Latches on gates and shed doors should be equipped with high-security laminated padlocks and locked after every use.
• Grills, lawn mowers, tools, bicycles and the like should be locked in a shed or garage after every use or stored out of plain site and locked to a stationary object.
• Firearms should be unloaded, safety on, secured with a trigger lock and stored in a lock box or gun safe.
• Televisions, high-fi equipment, computers and the like should all be inscribed for easy identification in the event of recovery after a burglary.
• A complete home inventory with photographs should be kept current, a copy of which should be located off the property with a trusted neighbor or in a safety deposit box, etc.

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Schedule a free home inspection to identify possible security breaches or ask a question about the security of your home or commercial property. Call Roger Jordan of Palm Beach Security and Safes today. PH: 561.753.LOCK (5625).