5. Strategic Warning Signs
Although many alarm monitoring signs can attract the wrong kind of attention, a very strategically placed sign is likely to make a looter think twice about what they’re risking. Most looters are not career criminals, so they are looking for the easiest possible target.
Anything you can do to prevent them from trying your door, or prying at your window is ideal. Again, even if you’re sitting right there with a loaded 12-gauge, nobody wants a deadly confrontation to occur inside their home. An ounce of prevention goes a very long way.
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If they have any reason to think that your home is guarded by aggressive dogs, gun-toting owners, or another intimidating security system, they will probably move on to another target instead.