Awareness is especially important at night, and particularly when you have "visitors" coming to the door at odd hours. Those hours that you relax from a hard day before you turn in for the night is not the time to let your guard down. We live in an ever-changing and dangerous world, and the criminals are not taking a break or finding ways to let their victims off the hook.
As shown in the video below, a lone female coming to the door can be as innocent as someone needing your help, to a setup for an ambush and home invasion by armed thugs. Take a look...
Some things that you can do to prevent this type of situation:
As shown in the video below, a lone female coming to the door can be as innocent as someone needing your help, to a setup for an ambush and home invasion by armed thugs. Take a look...
Some things that you can do to prevent this type of situation:
- Beef up your entryway hardware. Have good deadbolts, hinge guards, and bolt guards.
- Always be thinking ahead. Be that "Wargaming Sheepdog" who thinks about all the possibilities and then has already thought of how to deal with those possible scenarios.
- Never open the door to unexpected strangers, especially late at night. Look through the peep-hole and ask who they are and what they want.
- Consider a door-bell style or porch mounted security camera that allows you to see them and ask who they are. Turn the camera's record feature to "on."
- Consider having pepper spray or even a firearm close by or preferably in hand. At the very least, have a powerful tactical flashlight in hand.
- If you have an alarm system, consider mounting a panic button near the entryways. Most alarm entry keypads have a panic button built in.
- There is no law stating that you have to answer the door. Just don't answer.
Be aware, be cautious and think before opening your door at night, and have a plan for how to deal with a potential home invasion.
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