ADT Alarm Monitoring Service Fort Lauderdale
Home invasions are one of the most terrifying security threats out there today. The conviction and death sentence in late 2010 of the man responsible for a brutal home invasion that left three members of a Connecticut family dead briefly brought home invasions back into the headlines. However, home invasions still remain an under-the-radar threat for most people. Unfortunately, South Florida may be one of the places in the United States most vulnerable to home invasion robberies. ADT Alarm Monitoring is available, however, to help protect you and your family from these shocking crimes.
A “home invasion” robbery typically shares its goals with a traditional burglary: unloading anything and everything of value in a target’s home. However, the main difference between home invasions and burglaries, and what makes the former so terrifying, is that perpetrators of home invasion robberies do not wait until the residents of a home have left before robbing it. Home invasions can also couple a terrifying burglary with kidnapping, extortion, sexual assault, rape, or even murder, and all in one’s own home. Survivors of home invasions report that it can be extremely difficult to go on with one’s life normally again after one of these horrendous crimes.
Unfortunately, South Florida can be a particularly ripe place for home invasion robberies, mainly due to the way that the U.S.’s current economic crisis has hit the region. One theory among people who study the security field holds that home invasions are increasing among criminals because large businesses have been so successful in increasing security measures to stop robberies. This means that with our current economic crisis leading to growing inequality between wealthier business owners and increasingly poorer working people, the better security methods employed by business owners have made private homes a more attractive target for criminals.
Worst of all, because the housing market crash has hit South Florida so hard, this economic effect on crime rates is significantly amplified in the region. It bears remembering that South Florida was also the site of one of the country’s most notorious home invasion robberies, which proved that not even the wealthiest and most well-known among us are safe from these crimes. Specifically, on November 26, 2007, Washington Redskins superstar Sean Taylor was shot dead by intruders in his Palmetto Bay home in an armed robbery allegedly committed by five perpetrators, all under the age of 20.
A security system from ADT in South Florida can be your best defense against home invasion robberies. ADT systems can be configured to automatically send help at the first sign of trouble, whether you are at home or not. Additionally, ADT systems can include a “panic button” feature to alert the authorities of any intruders that might already be in your home while you are present. ADT professionals will work with you to set up a customized security setup to optimize the way you and your family might respond to potential home invasions, and train you to respond in the best way possible to guarantee you and your family’s safety. All in all, ADT service can be an affordable way to head off one of the most nightmarish scenarios you and your family might ever face, and in your very own home to boot.
