Home Safety Tips  & Links

The following tips can help you keep your home safe:

• Kick-Proof your door
  • Your jamb is the weak point that will most likely fail when the door is kicked
  • Use a 1 inch deadbolt and reinforced metal strike box to keep the jamb from splintering when kicked
   
• Use good locks
  • Choose high security locks that are drill and pick hardened
  • Ask your hardware store manager for assistance when choosing locks
   
• Secure your glass
  • The use of security window film and sash locks are recommended
  • Professional installation is recommended
  • Place blocking bars on sliding glass doors, do not count on the lock
   
• Light up entry points
• Illuminate the area around windows and doors
• Mount the lights as high as possible to prevent tampering
• Light up potential hiding spots
• Use motion detector lights
• Use your landscape
  • Keep tree branches away from your roof and windows.
  • Plant thorny or prickly plants below windows
  • Use a gravel planting bed that will make noise when an intruder walks on it
   
• Join or form a neighborhood watch
• It's free and it's effective
• Add a security system
• Make sure you use a sign or stickers to warn would be intruders of your security system
• Make sure your security system has a cellular or radio backup
• Be wary of door to door security companies that claim to partner with the Racine PD

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