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Burglary attacks have never been exclusive in targeting people staying at home. These attacks can just as easily focus on people who are enjoying their vacations in rented or borrowed properties. Thus, it’s important to always protect yourself the way you would when you’re at home, and what better way is there than using a wireless burglar alarm?

What to Look for in a Wireless Burglar Alarm for Traveling Many wireless gadgets today are marketed with deceptive ads. Yes, they’re wireless. But what the ads don’t mention is how complicated they are to configure and operate. Make sure your wireless burglar alarm doesn’t fall in the same category and, more to the point, look for those you only have to plug in any electrical socket to work.

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25.08.09

And yet that is just what a police operation in Liverpool is finding. After a spate of burglaries in two areas in the north of the city, officers have been patrolling at night and trying front door handles.

Many in the UK will be most familiar with doors on nightlatches - typically associated with the Yale brand - where closing the door is enough to lock. But increasingly, people have PVC doors, with handles, that need to be locked.

In Liverpool, out of 3,500 doors with handles checked by police, 66 were unlocked. A further 14 had large ground floor windows open. The residents were woken and warned about the danger of leaving such easy access for a burglar.

Of course, many older people may remember an era when an unlocked front door was a common thing. And there are far-flung areas of the UK where such an approach is the norm.

Source: BBC News