Martin Millerchip

Features Editor
. mmillerchip@nsnews.com

Take a moment to view
your home as others will see
it: from the front certainly,
but check all other appreach-

REVIEWING your e$ too.

home’s security should

“bea regular yearly

__ event.

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guy, or even the not-so-bad
guy who just sees immediate
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street or the lane at the rear
and imagine you are the thief.
What do you sec?

@ Are there any “quick-sale™
items in obvious view like
bikes at the rear of the
unlocked garage or left on the

ebalcony of your apartment?

Bis your “secret” hiding place
for the spare key that your kids

use every afternoon in full

view?

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open when you drive to work
and do you return after dark in
winter? Ifso, is there anywhere

for an assailant to hide? How |

about on the rest of the prop-
erty? Is the shrubbery. within
range of the your motion-acti-
vated exterior. lights? Your

lights are: connected to a-~

motion sensor, aren’t they? |.

While you -are thinking
about home safety, when was
the last time your locks were
changed? The former tenant,

or his friends, don’t have keys /
- that .will work, do they? A

good lock can be reset to take |. §

a vadifferent key at far lest than:

the cost of new locks.

- And if you. are a single
woman, there is no need to
advertise the fact on a mailbox
or apartment tenant list. First
initial and last name should bz

| sufficient for anyone.

Train everyone in your

- home to use. the peep hole ©

before they open the door.
That chain you have, even if
it’s on, is not going to.deter a

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the most important things you can do to improve the security te your home

the type of locks you have in ©
~ place on your exterior doors.
Deadbolts with .a_ one-inch *

bolt are recommended.
There is no point in invest-

“ing in good locks and having
an exterior door: with its ©

hinges exposed to the outside.

Sci doors and windows
be secured -with

locks. If you live in a known -

high-crime . area _- consider:
adding bars to windows you

cannot lock. Some designs are .

removable; others can be quite
decorative...

; And if the guy in the car.
across the street. isn’t..your.
neighbour checking. out, his
security, don’t be afraid to eal”

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investigate a: “suspicious”.

~ complaint than a robbery,

When you've "made : “your
notes, check in with the police
anyway. They will have advice
available as well/as engraviay
tools to mark youir valuables
Take the initiative to avoid

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_ your home security.

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