Preventative Measures and Tactics – Be Prepared
- Exterior Lighting
- Removing naturally dark spots around your home
- Doors/Windows and Locks
- Double keyed deadbolts – don’t keep your keys in them
- Glass doors vs solid doors
- Exterior doorbell cameras
- Getting to know your neighbors & developing open lines of communication
- Best eyes and ears for your first line of defense
- Leaving items outside
- To steal or be used to break in
- Mitigating places to hide outside
- Removing large shrubs and trees adjacent to windows and doors
- Securing ladders or ways to reach a second story/balcony
- Dogs
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A great deterrent option
