Police remind merchants that a file cabinet with a combination lock is not a money safe. Insurance companies give a sizable reduction in premiums for use of the E Safe. Over the years, the saving can pay the added cost of an E Safe. Locating Your Safe. Putting a safe in the back of the store or where it is not visible from the street, invites burglary.
Police recommend that the safe be visible to the outside street.
Also the safe area should be well lighted all night. But visibility and lighting will be wasted effort if your safe can be carted off by a burglar. Weight is no guarantee that the safe can't be stolen. Safes weighing 2,000 pounds have been taken out of stores. No matter what the safe weighs, bolt it to the building structure.