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Tools for Preventing Residential Burglaries

The Athens-Clarke County Police Department is seeking to provide the citizens of Athens-Clarke County with information regarding low to moderate cost burglary prevention devices and tools. These devices are designed to lessen the provability of you being a victim of a successful burglary without evidence to captured and convict the perpetrator(s). These devices use key crime prevention and target hardening principals of light, time, noise and surveillance.

Light; a device which uses light to increase the detection of a burglar.

Time; reinforcing hardware which makes it more time consuming to break into a home or apartment.

Noise; a device which creates a disturbance that burglars would like to avoid and would alert neighbors of the burglar’s presence.

Surveillance; camera systems to alert residents of an intrusion and to save valuable evidence of the identity of the perpetrator(s).

Disclaimer:
The below products are offered as information and are based on sound crime prevention principals. They have not been tested for reliability by the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.

Low to Moderate Cost Devices:

The Armored Group LLC

Lowe's--GE Personal Security Deluxe Door Alarm

Radio Shack--Door Alarms

Door Jamb Armor

Door Jamb Armor Informational Flyer

Moderate to Expensive Alarms and Surveillance:

Monitronics Systems Alert Security Inc

Ackerman Security Systems

The Armored Group LLC

Videofied Intrusion Alarms

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