You Can Stop a Home Invasion

Tamara Higgins
Carole Chapman
ENGL 111 CCL
July 6, 2012
You Can Stop a Home Invasion
      Would you want to keep your family safe? I think the answer to that question would be “yes”. There is no such thing as an absolute security, but there are things you can do to protect yourself against a home invasion. An alarm system can help in many ways such as, home invasion, fire, and carbon monoxide leaks. The alarm system will notify the monitoring center, even if you are not home. Of course, let’s do not forget the help for elderly; I have fallen and I cannot get up. Does this sound like a great gift to have?
        What does your home mean to you? A home is the place where you park your car, eat your dinner, sleep in your bed, it is the place where you belong. A home is a very personal place. It is your personal space; it should be a calm and restful place. It is a place where all your personal belongings are. It is where your family and pets reside. It is a wonderful place to be, it is not a place for someone to invade. It is not a good feeling to know that someone has been in your home and went through your things, and taken whatever they wanted. That is really an uneasy feeling to have. According to (Family Home Security, 2009-2012, p.2) “a home without an alarm system is 2.7 to 3.5 times more likely to be burglarized than a home that has a burglar alarm.”
      Why do you need an alarm system or some type of surveillance system in your home?   In Today’s society, there are many things that you should be concerned about. The crime rate is raising everyday; everyone should be aware that crime goes on around them. The unemployment rate is climbing and so is the crime rate. This causes people to rob banks, rob stores, rob homes, and anything else they can think of to make a dollar. Another statistic, (from a study by the National Burglar and Fire Association), was that 9 out of 10 convicted burglars admitted that they would avoid stealing from a house that...