This includes ALL utility companies and other services received at your residence. Part of this process is to stop giving stores your home phone number, when they ask, simply give them your work, cell or pager number. They don't know the difference anyway. If you have hired help at the residence, or contractors in your business, consider learning whether or not their employees on site have criminal records by performing your own background checks . Or better yet, require that your contractor pay for their own background checks, just make sure they are complete.
Criminals like to commit crimes at places they have become familiar with.
In fact, that is a classic method they use to choose their victims. There are so many items to consider, it is not possible to list them all here. This is partially because each family, or business, may have different daily schedules. Therefore, the recommendations are different for everyone and need to simple enough to live with. If you would like to know more, call us or send us an email .