If you are like most Canadians, you are concerned about the safety of your home and your community. Without making your home a fortress, it is relatively easy to take effective precautions ask your insurance agent or the RCMP how to improve your property security. RCMP Musquodoboit Harbour and your neighbours have created groups to help keep the Eastern Shore a safe and happy place, Citizen's on Patrol Costal Watch and Neighbourhood Watch are just a few of the many programs created to keep your property and your family safe. They do not choose victims randomly or target specific houses. Rather they look for opportunities - houses that can be approached without neighbours seeing or hearing anything, a door left ajar or a window propped open for ventilation.
Some culprits cruise a neighbourhood or town looking for a home that seems unoccupied.
To gain access to a dwelling, amateurs do not rely on deception or skill, but on speed and force. In the majority of break ins, they enter through a door or a window located in the basement or first floor. Once inside they, they steal indiscriminately, taking anything that might be of value and can be easily carried. Deterring the criminal at any of these stages is key to your home's security. Are hinge pins protected or located where they can't be removed from outside.