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4 Ways to keep your Home safe

1. Lock your doors. This seems obvious but even if gone for 10 minutes lock it up. Burglaries can occur in 2 minutes.

2. Know your neighbors. Just by having relationships with your neighbors they will naturally look out for you more and keep an eye on your home for odd incidents.

3. Make your home appear active when away. When going out of town for a few days leave a lamp on and have a friend pick up your mail.

4. Get protected. Have your security system monitored by cellular service. Burglars know they can cut the phone line easily. Don't monitor over phone line, but upgrade to cellular monitoring service to fully protect your family and home.

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Keep your home safe

With the new year its time to make your home as safe as possible for 2012. Here are some easy things to do around the house to make sure you keep your family safe. Arm your alarm system at night and when gone for a short time. Make sure your security sign is visible from the road. Get to know your neighbors. Don't post on facebook when you will be out of town. Lock your doors even when gone for a short time. When you go out of town have a neighbor collect your mail.

Crime Insurance

Business owners did you know there is a tool to protect your assets called Crime Insurance?  It protects you from:

1. Theft by employees.

2. Theft of money.

3.  Theft of business contents.

This insurance is designed to compensate you for any of the above money or assets stolen from you.  This not only includes theft by employees, but also covers robberies  and burglaries.  In addition you would also be covered in the event of deposit forgery or check scams.  Make sure you look into this type of coverage for your business with your local insurance carrier, and please keep Owen Security Solutions in mind when securing your business from these types of crime with our security systems , video surveillance systems, or access control system.  

80% of Ex-Burglars Say Social Media Leads to Robberies

Are you asking burglars to break into your house every time you check in or post a Facebook status update about how wonderful your vacation is?

Yes you are, an infographic from Credit Sesame says.

In a recent survey, almost 80 percent of ex-burglars said they believe robbers today use Facebook & Twitter to locate their next target.

Still not convinced your tweets and status updates are putting you in danger?

Ex-burglars say that posting your whereabouts on a social networking site is one of the top 5 mistakes homeowners make in protecting their home from a robbery. Other mistakes are hiding spare keys near the front door, leaving valuables in plain view, and leaving the windows open.

With 15 percent of Americans using social media to announce they've left their homes and 35 percent of Americans age 18-34 checking in or tweeting about their locations, burglars can more easily locate potential targets. Yet, 78 percent of burglars admit that a cheap and simple home alarm system would deter them from targeting a home.

What are some "social" ways you can protect your home? Take a look:

• Adjust privacy settings on social networks so only your friends can see your content.
• Only add actual friends to your networks.
• Never announce you will be out of town for an extended time period.
• Don't post photos that show your address or landmarks near your home.
• Don't post photos of expensive items you own.

Retail Theft Up 6.6%, Costs Retailers $119B

Retail theft totaled $119 billion during the 12th month period, a 6.6% increase compared a year ago, according to a new report.

The  2011 Retail Theft Barometer report found the retail shrink increased in all regions surveyed. Report also found that customer theft was up 13.4 %.

Dishonest employees counted for 35%, or $41.65 billion, of shrink, according to the report. In North America, employee theft  topped shoplifting, with employee theft being responsible for 44.1% of shrink  in North America.  In addition, the average amount admitted stolen by employees was more than eight times the average stolen by shoplifters.

Also, additional report included an increase in shrink among footwear, outwear, cosmetics and some food products.

"As economic growth stalled in the past year, retailers did not increase capital equipment expenses at the same rate as the rest of their loss prevention costs. Regrettably, that may be seen in higher shrink numbers," Farrokh Abadi, president of Shrink Management Solutions, Checkpoint Systems says. "Those who most successfully combated shrink last year invested cautiously in comprehensive loss prevention solutions."