News — garage door security

According to information published by Rutgers University (following a five-year research study into the effectiveness of home security systems, the first of its kind), the overwhelming majority of people with home security systems were able to dramatically reduce instances of criminal activity and were also able to lessen the blow of home invasions as well.

According to this research, the mere presence of a home security system dropped the chances of a home being broken into by almost 40%, but it also protected the homes of neighbors as well. A lot of this was attributed to effective signage that showed...

The overwhelming majority of homeowners do a fantastic job of securing their actual home from criminals and burglars, but they kind of let the ball drop when it comes time to protecting the garage as thoroughly.

We aren’t exactly sure as to why this happens, but it does – the statistics illustrate this pretty clearly. Rutgers University performed a five-year experiment and study, and determined that the overwhelming majority of people that dealt with a significant home breach simply hadn’t paid attention to their home security, and certainly hadn’t paid attention to the security of their garages.

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If you’re worried about home security, you should know that nighttime is prime time for burglars. The truth is that 27 percent of burglaries occur at night. Every evening, a home is invaded every 20 seconds. As well, over four thousand homes are robbed during the day, each and every day. These statistics aren’t meant to alarm you. Instead, they are designed to give you the hard facts, so that you may make wise and informed decisions about home security.

Currently, only 18 percent of burglars are apprehended and many of those who are apprehended are not convicted after their...

The FBI Crime Report (published annually) tells us that 33% of all burglaries occur with the criminals never having to force their way into a home.

Think about that for a second...

One out of every three burglaries and home invasions that happens could have been completely prevented simply by locking up and closing windows, and maybe paying a little bit more attention to whether or not your garage was quite as secure as you had hoped it would be.

And even though the other two thirds of burglaries out there occur because of forced entry methods – kicking in...