THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PASSIVE AND ACTIVE HOME SECURITY

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THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PASSIVE AND ACTIVE HOME
SECURITY
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• Providing protection without the need for any
  human intervention, passive security includes
  such devices as locks, doors and windows. Active
  security, on the other hand, requires human
  intervention once a threat has been detected, and
  includes such things as lights, cameras and
  alarms.
• When combined and used correctly, passive and
  active home security devices can offer a high
  level of protection for your home or business,
  and below we look at both categories in a little
  more detail

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• Passive forms of home security
• Locks
• For the bare minimum of protection, high security
  locks will keep the majority of burglars and
  intruders out, but armed with equipment or a
  daring nature, many locks are not impenetrable to
  experienced criminals.
• Doors
• A good, strong and solid door with a high
  security lock on it offers a high level of
  protection for any home or business. Note that
  doors with glass in them may require additional
  security measures.

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• Windows
• Windows are a classic entry point for desperate
  criminals, and while they are a form of passive
  security, if they dont have strong locks on them
  or are reinforced in some way, they could leave
  your home or business vulnerable to burglars.

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• Active forms of home security
• Lights
• Lighting up the entrance points and perimeter of
  your property is a simple and cost-effective way
  to deter criminals, but only by responding to
  their potential presence, can you ever truly
  deter them. Even if you have motion sensor
  lights, for example, if a burglar lights up your
  doorway, then hides around the corner and watches
  to see if any lights go on inside the building or
  any sign of activity, and they observe nothing,
  they may assume the property is empty and attempt
  to burgle it anyway.

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• Cameras
• Once known as surveillance cameras, theyre now
  more commonly referred to simply as security
  cameras, and while they can act as a deterrent
  for criminals, theyre typically only ever as
  effective as the measures theyre combined with,
  such as security alarms.
• Alarms
• While some burglars may target a property with a
  visible alarm (or a notice stating that the
  property is protected by an alarm) because they
  believe there may be items of value inside, they
  can still be effective when preventing crime, but
  only when paired with other security measures.

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• Passive security can protect your property
  provided the equipment is used properly, and kept
  in good working order. The minute a passive
  security measure fails to perform, could be the
  day youre burgled. So, keep locks functioning
  properly and maintain them at all times, while
  making sure that your doors and windows are as
  secure as they can possibly be, too.
• Active security wont help you keep burglars out
  of your property, but it can alert you to their
  presence and enable you to take the appropriate
  action to prevent them from gaining entry.

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• Ideally, you need a combination of both passive
  and active security to guarantee the highest
  level of protection for any property, and to know
  more about securing your home or business, talk
  to your local locksmith, today.
• Golden Locks Inc is a local emergency locksmith
  in Anaheim with years of experience and trained
  staff skilled in locksmith services for both
  residential and commercial clients and also has
  an online store for high security locks and MT5
  High Security keys etc. We also specialize in
  automotive lock repair services for cars, bikes
  and trucks and installation, servicing and repair
  of high quality security systems, access control
  systems and CCTV systems. If you are looking for
  locksmith services or security systems in Anaheim
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