IRVING, Texas: 16 May 2008 - Brink’s Home Security offered homeowner safety tips to Austin, TX, residents in light of a recent spike in burglaries. There are a number of simple tips Brink’s Home Security recommends to make your home or business safer:
- Establish a good relationship with your neighbors and ask them to keep a close watch on your home if you have to be away for an extended period.
- If you travel on business or vacation, ensure that you temporarily suspend delivery or have someone pick up your newspaper if it is home-delivered.
- Trim bushes. This reduces a burglar’s opportunity to hide behind shrubs if attempting a break-in.
- Install outdoor lighting and motion sensor lights. Burglars do not want to be seen. Sensor lights are a good prevention measure.
- Even when running a short errand from your home, remember to lock the doors when leaving.
“Austin has a lot of population growth and new construction. As people move into an area, they often don’t have the community networks and longer term relationships you see in older, more established neighborhoods. That’s why it’s important to get to know your neighbors,” said Dudley Goodwin, Austin General Manager for Brink’s Home Security.
“There are a lot of common sense tips we recommend to customers – double locks for your doors, particularly sliding glass doors, for example. Or, if you enter your house through your garage, be sure to lock the house door even after you’ve put the garage door back down,” Goodwin added.
“Most burglars try to get in and out quickly,” he continued, “so if you pay attention to the little details and make things harder for a potential intruder, it’s less likely you will be a target,” he said.
For more information on home or business security, go to  www.brinkshomesecurity.com.
About Brink’s Home Security, Inc.
Brink's Home Security, Inc., headquartered in Irving, Texas, is one of the largest and fastest growing providers of security system monitoring services in North America. Brink’s Home Security operates in more than 250 metropolitan areas, and services more than 1.2 million customers in all 50 states and two provinces in Canada.
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