Home Security System – Why It’s Important to Have One
As a professional home security system consultant (and business security systems) I have gotten this question quite often. My first response is “there is a reason why almost all major insurance companies give such a large discount (some require it) when you have a monitored security system”. Most companies give even deeper discounts with added fire protection/monitoring.
Beyond personal belongings, what really kept me in protection services is I have saved lives. Here is a great example. I overcame a young lady’s objections on why she needs a system and she had one installed. Well, about 7 months later she called me and couldn’t thank me enough. As a matter of fact she was willing to pay anything to add more equipment throughout the entire house (all window sensors, glass break protection, etc…). The reason is, she was upstairs in the shower when her siren went off and she discovered her back door was kicked open. A few minutes later her neighbor told her she witnessed a man with a pistol in his hand running away from her house. We don’t want to imagine what may have happened if he wasn’t scared away from the siren!