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OUR SECURITY
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Services
\ The nights are getting darker, burglars are on the prowl. A break-in
or theft of property can be a traumatic experience. It really is
Dark nights are here again worth looking at how secure your home is and review whether you need to
Make sure your property is secure take action with help from the advertisers below.
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survey & advice Take steps to confuse the crook
Locks changed, upgraded & fitted Whenever a crime prevention officer goes to a person's home to give advice they are always asked about
to comply with current insurance locks, bolts and burglar alarms.
requirements.
Obviously, the physical security of the house, • the papers sticking out of w
Emergency lock out service
its doors and windows, is important, but by taking the letter box
Tel: (01793) 871499 a few common sense measures you can often deter • the empty garage with
Mobile: 0411 504025 a criminal from even attempting to break into the door wide open
your home. and
There is little doubt that most domestic burgla-
• no car on the drive,
24 HOUR ries are committed by people who do not pre-plan
their crimes. These are 'opportunist' criminals • at night the house in
EMERGENCY who are constantly on the look-out for a suitable total darkness.
target. They are looking for those tell-tale signs All these things are a good—",
SERVICE that a house is unoccupied: indication to the thief that na-one
those pints of milks on the doorstep all day is in and may persuade him to chance a break in.

Protect your home

There can never be such a thing But try to make things so diffi- locks top and bottom and should
as total security. Quite simply if cult for the thief that it is not worth also have an anti-lift device
Emergency someone wants to break into your their effort, whilst increasing the installed to prevent a thief
Security Services property badly enough they will chances of being caught. simply lifting the door off its
(Swindon) Limited find a way of doing it. First the common sense points runner
to act on. If you do not arrive home Don't forget the security of your
o Locks for windows & before darkness, use a timed or a sheds and garages. Often they
doors domestic and IMPROVE SECURITY darkness sensitive system to turn contain not only expensive
commercial some lighting on in the home. items, but also tools that can help
THIS WINTER While you are out, leave a radio a crook break into your house.
o Bars and grills
with an alarm installed by on in the house. Arrange for a There are obviously many other
o Keycutting good neighbour to keep an eye on things that can be done to secure
West Swindon Electrician
o Stockists of Chubb, things, to collect parcels left on the your property such as:
Yale,Union & Era Glynn Stevens doorstep or to push the newspa- • movement sensitive security
per through the door, anything that lights on the outside walls
O Supply & fit or supply
gives the impression that the house
only • fitting a burglar alarm
Intruder & Fire Alarm Systems is occupied.
Swindon Domestic Installations, There are a wide range of secu- • attaching small, lighweight,
Industrial & Commercial battery powered attack' alarms
(01793) 525433 rity products available to the to equipment in the garage.
Tel: (01793) 870948 householder. Whatever you
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suitable locks fitted. tion on 528111. A member of the
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