It’s not much fun to think of the possibilities of how Halloween night can set the stage for a burglary. But while you should always think of burglaries as being a possibility every day and night, Halloween doesn’t always bring out the best behavior in people. A number of situations exist where you could be more vulnerable to a burglar on the night of tricks and treats. While most kids are courteous and entertaining, others including adults may attempt to bring the worst trick to your home.
Keeping Your Porch Light Off When You Leave to a Party
Some people turn their porch lights off while in their home to avoid trick-or-treaters. Plus, some households turns their lights off when they leave to a Halloween party so trick-or-treaters will know not to go there. This can ultimately make your front door area vulnerable to a thief breaking in without anyone suspecting anything unusual. You’re better off keeping your porch light on, or have a high quality burglar alarm that alerts police if someone tries to break in while you’re gone.
A Home Invasion While Answering the Door
Perhaps you live on a block where it’s fairly quiet most of the time on Halloween night. Regardless, you may be expecting trick-or-treaters at your door anyway. You may get only a few, though you may break your usual policy of not answering the door after dark for the sake of giving kids their Halloween treat.
In a place where it’s quiet, a home invader could pose as a trick-or-treater and then barge in when you open the door. With home invasions becoming a bigger problem in America, it’s all the more important to have such protection as panic buttons, that can alert police when you’re in danger.
Being Robbed While Returning from a Halloween Party
Some Halloween parties can go very late, especially when it falls on a Friday night as it does this year. If you don’t have lights on outside, you could be a victim of a mugging, or perhaps someone robbing you as you go in your front door. Yet again, with a proper burglar alarm system, any disruption around your door could be picked up at a central station that alerts police.
Here at All Island Security Inc., with your alarm system connected to our central station, we’re there to send help when there’s signs of a burglary in your home. Along with the above prevention tips and being sure who’s really at your door on Halloween night, you’re already helping give yourself a better safety net.
Contact us so we can prove to you how good our alarm systems are for keeping you safe in more ways than just with burglaries.
