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You’ve heard target hardening brought up as a way to prevent burglaries, but you might be thinking about how it applies to your own Albany home. Explore this crime-prevention strategy and discover how the home security leaders at ADT can help you put it in place. 

Understanding Target Hardening

A well-known theory in criminology dating back to the 1970s, target hardening simply suggests that criminal actions will decrease when opportunities to commit crime are reduced. In other words, if a target appears to be too high of a risk, potential thieves will just pass it by. Target hardening involves making your residence less appealing to prowlers by utilizing observable security tools in a layered approach.

Making Your Albany Home Less Of A Target

Prowlers, like other people, will choose the road of least resistance. Your challenge is to give them second thoughts about coming near your property. But what should you do? Follow these tips:

Make Your Security Hard To Miss

Exterior cameras and home security signage let prowlers know you are protected. Surveillance is one of the most powerful deterrents, as no thief wants to be recorded in the act. ADT has state-of-the-art exterior and doorbell cameras with night vision, AI-driven smart detection, and HD imaging.

Shine A Light On The Situation

A well-lit house is much less inviting to potential thieves. Lighten dark corners around your house, and implement accent lights near tree lines, hedges, and fencing, and other spots where trespass might hide. You can even have interior lights switch on automatically if a video camera discovers suspicious activity outside.

Opt For Whole-Home Protection

You need a layered strategy, which means reinforcing your surveillance and signage with door and window sensors, motion sensors, and a working alarm. ADT can protect every entrance, including the largest one, your garage.

Address Physical Security Measures

Check that all windows lock properly, and always use a deadbolt lock on your front door. Consider reinforcing the door frames, and place a security bar in the lower track of your sliding door to prevent entry if the lock is bypassed.

Maintain An Unobstructed View

Large trees, hedges, and overgrown bushes are friends to strangers who wish to stay concealed from view. Make sure you can easily see all areas of your property by pruning greenery near windows. A neat, well-maintained landscape signals to potential thieves that they should look elsewhere.

Why Secure Your Albany Home With ADT?

Safeguarding American families for over a century and a half, ADT is the top name in home security. Known for round-the-clock service and fast response times from dedicated professionals, ADT has the most monitoring stations of any home security provider. You’ll enjoy the reassurance and the modern tools like Google Nest video cameras. 

Better Protect Your Albany Home With Secure24 Alarm Systems

Ready to make your home less of a target? Choose a whole-home ADT security system from Secure24 Alarm Systems. As your local, authorized ADT dealer, we install top-of-the-line equipment from the leading name in home security. See how we can upgrade your security by dialing (518) 303-3311 or filling out our form today.