9May
Assessing security is easy - it’s largely common sense. All you have to do is put yourself in the criminal’s shoes. Pretend to be burglar. Look at your property through the criminal’s eyes …..
o Is it worth burgling? – Yes! Virtually every property has something that a low life could nick & sell!
o Is it [...]
23Feb
I am extremely miffed at having to report our second ever loss from a domestic property using the AMCO monitored system. At 18.26 last Saturday evening two men/youths broke into a small open plan flat in South London. The alarm immediately activated , we challenged them, they did not respond so we called the Police who arrived 12 [...]
9Feb
Before looking at simple ways to prevent domestic burglaries it is important to understand a few facts -
1. The average length of time a burglar will spend in premises is between three and five minutes.
2. The average cost for that period is over £2,000
3. The majority of burglars enter from secluded or poorly illuminated [...]
4Feb
We, at the sharp end of crime prevention, know that crime has increased dramatically in the last three months. From our experience, I suspect that burglaries and armed robberies have probably more than doubled. We alarm and monitor many high risk properties as well as thousands of domestic properties. Both are being targetted by criminals.
For small cash taking [...]