On Jan 17, 2:38*pm, Jim wrote:

Would seem to me that anyone wanting to break into a home just might
look at a "low crime" area as a place where few people have alarm
systems ...... or that a lot of people have alarm system.

The thing to keep in mind is ..... anyone who has the mentality to
think that breaking into homes is ok, is not likely to have the
mentality to evaluate where the crime rate is high or low. If it looks
easy and the conditions are right ..... they do it. Ya just never
know ..... Security systems are like insurance. You have it just in
case you need it hoping that you never need it. If you don't have a
security system when the time comes .... you regret it for the
relatively small cost as compared to the loss you suffer...
particularly the sentimental items and the "invasion of privacy"
issues that no one ever can appriciate until it happens to them.
Statistically, people with alarm system suffer a lower dollar amount
of loss then those who don't have systems. The other probably more
important reason is the fire alarm.

There's got to be something to it if the insurance companys give a
discount for having an alarm system. Many times the discount almost
equals the cost of the central station monitoring fee. You never know
if you're going to be one of those "statistics"

Life's a gamble.

We do get a few break-ins in our area. Usually, they pick soft
targets: people who leave their car unlocked with the garage
door opener inside. People who leave their garage door open.

Oddly, they seem to pick the newer subdivisions, and leave
our older neighborhood of one- and two-acre lots alone.

Actually, we did have our shed broken into once. They
got our old, non-CAFE* gas can. The *******s! We were
able to replace the rototiller just fine, but not that
gas can.

*Is that the right acronym? California Air Something
Something. ****es me off that the whole country
has to dance to their tune.

Cindy Hamilton