SAFETY KEYS

lonestarfps 0 Comments February 10, 2020February 6, 2020 Security Systems

SAFETY KEYS

Everyone knows that if you want your home to be as safe as it can be you should be locking your doors on a regular basis.  This means locking those doors every time you leave, and possibly/probably while you are home as well (although there may be some debate on this latter point depending on your situation and location).  One mistake that people make is taking it for granted that homes don’t always need to be locked whenever they leave.  Even running downtown for a few minutes is call to lock the place up, but often people think there is no danger if they’ll only be gone for a few minutes; it only takes a few minutes for a crime to occur, though.

The other mistake that people make is hiding a key in a “secret” location just in case some household member forgets their key.  Criminals are not unintelligent people, and they are masters at ferreting out your “hidden” key.  They know all the most common hiding places and it is very difficult to come up with one that is undetectable.  Not only that, but it’s easy for a criminal who is scouting your house to watch you or a child go to your hiding place and find the key, and note that information for future reference.

Another mistake is handing out keys to your home or residence, even if you are giving that key to friends or neighbors whom you trust.  First of all, just because that person may be trustworthy does not mean that everyone who comes through their home will be.  Secondly, it’s too easy to wind up with multiple copies of your house key floating about and to lose track of them; you should always know exactly where all of your keys are.  A friend is not as likely to treat your “spare” key with as much importance as you would, and could very easily accidentally let it become misplaced or stolen.

If you use services such as valet parking where others will be entrusted with your vehicle keys, you should keep a separate ring with you with your home’s keys on it. Just think how simple it would be for a valet to slip a few promising keys from your ring and look up your home address on a registration or slip inside your car!  Really, is it that difficult to make an educated guess as to which keys are likely to open a house door? Or take a few minutes to make a copy of the keys on your ring?

On that note, one final key mistake that makes life easy for invaders is to leave your keys in your car; that is inviting trouble all by itself, but can also give that criminal access to your home as well as your vehicle in the process.

Keep a watch for our next blog post.

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