Why Consider a Home Security System

You may not be aware of it but even organized gang activity has come to small town America and if you live in a small town or suburb of a city you most likely have gangs in your community now. The fact is that no matter how many police officers a department may have they can't be everywhere at once and there really is nothing that your local police can do to thwart a determined burglar.They have to wait until they strike and then hopefully use any clues that they leave to track him or her down and thats just the way it goes. When all of the facts are laid out on the table they all point in one direction and that is that you are now more then ever responsible for your homes security. The good news is that home security systems have gone through some dramatic technological improvements over the past decade or so and at the same time they have also become far more affordable.The fact is that now a home security system offers more actual security then than they ever did in the past and this is due to a litany of factors. One of them is that you can now get a monitored system installed in your home, that is actually monitored by people not a computer system. With a monitored system, when your system is tripped you get an immediate call to your home from the companies monitoring station to see if everything is OK. If anything is amiss the  next call goes directly to the police. Its the next best thing to having an actual guard posted at your residence and thats not all. Thats because, at the same time a siren alarm on the home is also set off that lets your neighbors know that your home may be being broken into. Many people are unaware that technological advancements in security system components now make it possible to establish a security perimeter around your home that sounds the alarm if anyone even approaches within thirty-five feet of your residence.It uses delicate and sensitive hidden body heat and motion detectors that even can differentiate between a human and cats and dogs, so there aren't any false alarms. If you have seen criminals in the movies disable an alarm system by cutting wires there is no need to worry now. That is because new wireless technology allows a system to be operated by radio signals, so there aren't any wires strung around the house and the signal is sent to the monitoring station the same way that your cell phone places calls. Even if the power is shut off, a modern home security system uses a back-up battery pack that can power the system for days if it has to.