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HOME SECURITY GUIDE San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Crime Prevention Unit

HOME SECURITY GUIDE San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Crime Prevention Unit To the residents of San Diego County: By definition, Crime Prevention is the recognition, anticipation, and appraisal of a crime risk, and positive action to reduce that crime risk. The majority of residential crimes are crimes of opportunity, wherein the victims have left their homes or vehicles unsecured. The opportunity for residential burglary must be curtailed both individually and collectively through citizens working with local law enforcement agencies. Many people who have never been a victim are often less than diligent about securing their homes and safeguarding their property. Unfortunately, thieves seek out these vulnerable opportunities, accessing homes and garages through unlocked doors and windows with minimum effort. Reliable estimates from reports and analysis indicate that the average burglary takes just three to five minutes. The Neighborhood Watch Program is an integral part of keeping communities safe, and is endorsed by local and national law enforcement agencies as an effective way of reducing crime. We encourage all residents to consider starting a program. This security guide was developed to educate the public about crime prevention techniques for homes and communities. By implementing suggestions in this guide and those from your Crime Prevention Specialist, you will significantly reduce your risk of becoming a victim. The success of crime prevention programs in San Diego County depends on the combined efforts of law enforcement and you. In tandem, we can reduce the potential for crime and create safer neighborhoods for everyone. Introduction______________________________ Most people do not realize how easily they can become victims, or how easily they can prevent it from happening. By using prevention techniques to help reduce or eliminate the opportunity for criminal activity, a resident can enjoy improved peace of mind. By simply making certain that your premises are secure, whether you are home or away, and always locking your garage and vehicles, your chances of being victimized are substantially reduced. The following five key components, when applied together, serve to help prevent residential burglaries: 1. Surveillance - the ability for people to see and be seen by day and by night. 2. Lighting – interior and exterior, on timers when it starts to get dark. 3. Physical Security – locks, hardware, and structural elements 4. Evidence of Activity – providing a sense of occupancy at all times. 5. Neighborhood Watch – Neighbors watching out for each other Giving your home a sense of identity and uniqueness will psychologically inform any would-be intruder that he/she is on private property. This can be accomplished through landscaping and walkways that guide desired guests but serve as a deterrent to unwanted visitors. Most law enforcement agencies promote the principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) as the most effective way to confront crime. This environmental approach incorporates the above five key aspects into three specific areas of a residence, each of which is equally important to address. 1. The Exterior Included in the exterior category are lighting, landscaping and house numbers. Adequate, appropriate lighting and a well-maintained yard creates an aesthetically pleasing environment while allowing surveillance, defining space, and guiding guests on to and out of your property. 2. The Perimeter Doors, windows, other entrances, and alarm systems comprise the perimeter features. The primary goal is to remove any opportunity for a burglar to gain easy access and to ensure that security hardware and devices are not only adequate, but that they are used consistently. 3. The Interior The interior includes all interior factors such as lighting, timers, and perceived activity. The goal is to create the sense that someone is home at all times, as most burglars want to avoid confrontation. By maximizing the security elements in these three environments and maintaining the concepts of the Neighborhood Watch Program, you will enjoy the benefits of a secure home and community. Lighting______________________________________ Single Family Homes Light up the perimeter of your home during the night, including entrances, rear doors, and dark areas. Lighting is a deterrent for someone who is tempted to commit a crime. The best place for outside lighting is under the eaves, illuminating the walls, and by gates and driveways. Motion sensors are not as effective as dusk-to-dawn lighting as they can be set off easily and frequently by animals, thus desensitizing the residents to their activation. Multi-Family Homes In addition to the suggestions above, illuminate aisles, passageways, and recesses within the building complex with a maintained minimum of at least twenty-five one hundredths (.25) of a foot candle at the ground level after dark. Maintain a minimum of one (1) foot-candle of light on the ground surface after dark. To protect the fixtures against vandalism and weather, install protective covers. Ensure that surrounding landscaping does not obscure the lighting. Foot-candles A foot-candle is a measurement of light. To measure the level of light at the ground’s surface, you must use a light meter. Timers and Sensors Install a timer or photoelectric cell (sensor) on outdoor light fixtures so that they turn on automatically at dusk and go off at dawn. Or, simply convert your wall switch to an electric timer. Light Sources Incandescent or halogen lamps live short lives and are fairly expensive to operate. The advantages are that they produce a bright light, are easy to control, and are compact. Florescent lamps are less expensive to operate than incandescent or halogen and last longer. Though they put out a good light, they are more difficult to direct. Mercury vapor lamps require fewer fixtures to illuminate an area, but have a shorter life. They provide excellent light, are easy to direct, control, and they are compact. High-pressure sodium vapor lamps require fewer fixtures and have a low operating cost; however the fixtures themselves are expensive. They are an excellent light source, are easy to direct and control and are compact. Low-pressure sodium lamps are the least expensive to operate. The fixtures themselves are expensive, but few are required. They are easy to direct and control but produce a yellow light- reducing clarity. They are longer in size. These yellow lights are often used to prevent loitering. Doors_____________________________________ Wooden Entrance Doors All wooden entrance doors should be of solid core construction and at least one and three-quarters (1 ¾) inches. This also applies to the exterior pedestrian garage door and the door that passes from the house into the garage. Security screen doors provide excellent additional security when equipped with a good deadbolt lock. Sliding Glass Doors If your sliding glass door is not equipped with hardware that prevents it from being rocked off the track when in the locked position, install a slide-bolt lock at the bottom or a pin. The pin anchors the moving door to the stationary doorframe. Drill the holes and install the pin angled up to prevent it from being shaken out of place. Caution: be careful not to break the glass when drilling the hole for the pin. As another precaution, install an anti-lift device in the top track. Security Screen Doors Security screen doors offer good protection and allow for ventilation. Insist on the following features: • Ring guard for the single cylinder dead-bolt lock. • Perforated or expanded metal screen to prevent reach-through. • Steel frame installed using non-removable screws or welded in place. French Doors Install a single cylinder deadbolt lock and metal flush bolts on the inactive side of French doors and a reinforced strike plate. The glass should be tempered or coated with a burglary-resistance glaze. Single Cylinder Dead-bolt Lock Equip all single- or double-entrance doors with a single-cylinder dead-bolt lock. The bolt should have a minimum projection of one inch and be constructed to foil a cutting tool attack. The bolt should be embedded at least one inch into the strike plate. The cylinder should have a cylinder guard, a minimum five-pin tumbler and should be connected to the inner portion of the lock by connecting screws. Strike Plate Screw in the dead-bolt’s strike-plate using at least two 3-inch screws that go into the frame of the house and not just the door frame. The throw of the dead-bolt, when in the locked position, is embedded into the metal strike plate on the doorframe. Double-Door Inactive Leaf Provide the inactive leaf of double doors with metal flush bolts that embed a minimum of five-eighths (5/8) of an inch into the header and footer of the doorframe. Viewer or Peephole Install a wide-angle (180-degrees) peephole on all front entrance doors. Out-swinging Doors Use non-removable hinge pins or mechanical interlock to prevent removal of a door that swings open to the outside. Windows___________________________________ Regularly check all window security hardware and frames for corrosion and windows that have “settled” and prevent the locking latches from functioning properly. Aluminum Sliding Windows Inspect your aluminum sliding windows to see if they have a metal anti-lift strip in the upper track to keep the panel from being lifted out when in the locked position. If not, install metal screws in the upper uploads/Geographie/ home-security-guide.pdf