Five Minute Proofing & the next Home Security Seminar

 

I’ve written about how ‘five minute proofing’ is the most effective tactic that can be used to reduce your risk of loss in a burglary in several posts.

Here is an excerpt from a recent home security seminar where I spoke about how you can apply some specific five minute proofing strategies in your home. The lighting isn’t very good… but you’ll get the idea.

This video was filmed a couple weeks ago at the Arbutus Club where I spoke, along with Constable Ray Gardner of the Vancouver Police Department, for about an hour and a half about how burglaries actually happen, how alarms work, why most alarms are completely useless… but most importantly, what you can do about it.

We have a few more seminars scheduled over the next few months. The next one that is open to anyone will be held on Wednesday, May 28th at 7:00pm in the Provident showroom in Kerrisdale. I’ll post more information about it soon, but if you would like to register to attend, please send us an email to reserve a spot.

 

Posted April 29th, 2008 by mjagger in Home Safety, Home Security Tips, Technical Information | You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

 

3 Responses to “Five Minute Proofing & the next Home Security Seminar”

Joe Jersey Says:
April 29th, 2008 at 10:57 am

Isn’t a stolen insured TV better than a broken TV hanging from your wall?

That’s the one piece of advice in there that doesn’t seem right to me.

I only put cables on electronica that contains hard drives, because I don’t want the information in the wrong hands.

I’d much rather have my car stolen and never found and getting the insurance settlement than having my car damaged or recovered and I have to deal with repairing it, insured or not.

mjagger Says:
April 29th, 2008 at 11:57 am

The rationale behind locking the TV is that when thieves target electronics the first break-in is very often a set-up for the second. If you have a nice 42″ LCD screen, the crook knows that you are unlikely to replace it with a 17″ CRT style… so he comes back and steals the replacement.

By locking the TV (and risking damage to both the TV and wall) you are still sending a clear message to the crook that your house just isn’t worth it… too much hassle.

It’s not pretty, but it can help to prevent future burglaries by the same person.

Alan Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 7:37 pm

Excellent as always, Mike! Always love your posts, please keep them going. And thank you so much for sharing like you do to help make the world a little better place.

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