Saturday, February 7, 2009

The Importance of a Home Security Camera

By Artur Knowles

Statistics have shown an alarming increase of robberies in the past several years. Within the years 1999 to 2003, FBI reports have shown a substantial increase in the percentage rate of robberies happening around the country.

From the year 1999 to 2003, the increase in robberies went as high as eighteen percent, fourteen percent of which were robberies that took place in residential areas, in the suburbs. With crimes and robberies taking to places that are supposed to be kept safest for our families, the need for some degree of security measures could not be stressed highly enough.

A Home Security Camera

Home security cameras are one of the most popular gadgets that people can equip their homes with. This is because home security cameras are easy to install. Having home security cameras in your home may not prevent your home from being robbed but it offers a certain level of peace knowing that everything going on in your home and its premises are well recorded. With a home security camera, no one can go in and out of the house unnoticed and no movement goes undetected and unrecorded. Installing a home security camera in full view may also be one way of warding off and discouraging robbers as home security camera recordings can be transmitted to local security receiving stations and monitored by people who can immediately respond to untoward incidents in your home. Furthermore, having security cameras in full sight can also discourage robbers from pursuing the crime as home security camera recordings can now be used in court as evidence of crime.

Installation

Home security cameras come in many different types and shapes. Depending on what the homeowner needs, there are several home security camera models. These security cameras can be either wired or wireless. Of course, many homeowners opt for the wireless as it is hassle-free compared wired home security cameras where you have cords snaking along every corner. Most of these home security cameras are also easy to install so homeowners can even do it themselves.

Some homes opt to set up their home security cameras in plain sight. As mentioned, robbers may be discouraged from committing any crime when they see the camera, knowing full well that its recordings can hold water in court. There are also some large homes that have their home security cameras strategically placed, hidden. This allows the homeowners to monitor guests and house help.

Number of Cameras Needed

Normally, the specific number of home security cameras that you will need will depend on the following factors:

- the size of the grounds - the size of your home - the number of rooms you want to cover - the number of entrance and exits you want to cover - how closely you want every corner monitored

Home security cameras alone are not enough. Regardless of how many home security cameras you put up, they become useless and pointless if there is no other home security system that can monitor or see what the cameras have to show and, eventually, to respond to any suspicious occurrences in your home.

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