Pro Installer January 2017 - Issue 46 | Page 17

60 %
5 % of the 1,292

Sources

from the same period 10 years earlier( Jan-Dec 2005)
PRO INSTALLER JANUARY 2017
from just 20 years ago( Jan-Dec 1995).
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First electromagnetic alarm system, created
by Augustus Pope
First electrical alarm system company set up
by Edwin Holmes
CCTV as a live monitoring solution for Germany’ s V-2 rockets
Promoted by American contractors
Vericon
Home CCTV was invented
by nurse Marie Van Brittan Brown

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according to the Office for National Statistics, there were...

What’ s effective in the modern age?
A combination of new security systems and older solutions is proving very effective at repelling burglars and deterring crime.

400,361 police-reported burglaries

Alarmed Properties
Alarms are a big deterrent in the U. S., with around...
60 %
Locking up is vital
Window locks, indoor lights on a timer, double door locks and external motion sensor lights were found to make a home almost...
50x safer of burglars surveyed admitting they avoid houses with alarms in place. than a home without security – according to a study by the Royal Statistical Society.
CCTV
Research by the University of Leicester found that CCTV use in Newcastle and King’ s Lynn reduced recorded offences in the burglary and vehicle crime areas.
It’ s a more expensive system than most, with just
5 % of the 1,292
Which? members surveyed having home CCTV systems installed. alarm paves the way for modern day alarms, which are immensely effective at deterring crime. A study by Dr Simon Hakim at Temple University found that an alarm reduces the chance of burglary by 66.2 %( if three or more precautions are taken by the homeowner).
MEDIEVAL PERIOD – CASTLES A castle was a fortified holding of a lord, popular throughout Europe as a direct response to the increase of raids and invasions. They consisted of a number of defence mechanisms, such as:
• Moats – deep ditches that provided a preliminary line of defence.
• Drawbridge – an enormous gate which would only be lowered internally.
• Fortified walls – with sloped, enormous stone walls, castles were almost impossible to climb.
• Arrow slits and murder holes – areas for defenders to attack with impunity. Effective now? Most of us aren’ t rich enough to afford a castle, or the multitude of guards you’ d need to defend it. However, making your home hard to climb by removing
April 2015 and March 2016- giving a burglary defending rate at your 7 offences home per 1,000 people

1,920 burglaries per day

‘ fitting a stronger door can be useful’
bins near your garage and locking your windows is effective. In the US, the‘ Castle Doctrine’ is the name of a law that varies by state and governs the right of a homeowner to attack an intruder to protect themselves, sometimes even with deadly force.
MODERN SECURITY SYSTEMS – ALARMS AND CCTV Modern security systems came into being in the mid 1800’ s, when the first electro-magnetic alarm system was created by Augustus Pope in 1853. The rights were purchased in 1857 by Edwin Holmes, who set up the first electrical alarm system company. Despite George Orwell’ s warnings in his novel 1984, CCTV systems have caught on after being invented as a live monitoring solution for Germany’ s V-2 rockets in 1942, then being promoted by American contractors Vericon in 1949. Home CCTV was invented by Nurse Marie Van Brittan Brown in 1966.
To defend your home, a combination of systems and common sense can prevent crime.
With the right methods in place, you’ ll be able to deter potential burglars.
it’ s a more expensive system
CCTV
than most and this is reflected by the low uptake. Just 5 % of
the 1,292 Which? members surveyed
by the website in a home
security survey had home CCTV
WINDOW LOCKS
systems.
LIGHTS TIMER
MOTION
SENSOR LIGHTS
To defend your home, a combination of systems and common sense can prevent crime. With the right methods in place, you’ ll be able to deter potential burglars.
Take cues from history and install strong locks, lighting and experiment with alarms.
Take cues from history and install
WHAT’ S EFFECTIVE IN THE MODERN AGE?
aspect. Window locks, indoor
The future lights? on a timer, double door
strong locks, lighting and experiment with guard systems such as alarms.
As well as being inspired by history
locks and external motion sen-
, our
CCTV new is still security a relatively systems recent technology are, but
sor it has lights already were been found challenged to make by
THE FUTURE?

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CCTV is still a relatively recent burglars. Ultimately, these new home without security – according to a study by the Royal been challenged by person- technology, but it has already technologies combined with older
A report by futurologist Dr Ian ones give us an idea of how to
Pearson suggested deter burglary per that we may
. soon see INTELLIGENT
• Alarms
ALARMS are hour a that big can deterrent communicate in the U. S, with one around another, 60 %
DIRECTIONAL of burglars surveyed SOUND by the
EMITTING ALARMS that
University of North Carolina admitting even affordable they avoid ROBOTIC houses with disorientate intruders and alarms
SECURITY in place GUARDS..
• However, one in five burglars( 20 %) reported cutting alarm wires before a burglary.
Statistical Society.
• Fitting a stronger door can be useful, as 33 % of intruders enter through the front door – either by forcing the lock or kicking it in.
• CCTV is also very useful, offering a deterrent in a similar fashion to alarms. Research by the University of Leicester found that CCTV use in Newcastle and
al CCTV systems available to smartphone each and tablet owners. minute
A report by futurologist Dr Ian Pearson suggested that we may soon see intelligent alarms that can communicate with one another, directional sound emitting alarms that disorientate intruders and even affordable robotic security guards. With the price of technology dropping and home
• Locking up
With is vital the price. Traditional methods now of available home for security free through Android ed apps crime, the future in the looks burglary bright. and
of technology dropping
King and’ s home Lynn CCTV reduced systems record-
CCTV systems now available for free through Android apps, the
are the single most important
vehicle crime areas. However,
future looks bright.

This means there were an estimated:

Even with decreased numbers, there’ s still more than one burglary every minute.