Security tips for your family, home and place of work

How safe is your home or business?   The self assessment. Consider these questions and you decide: • Have the locks been changed or the locks rekeyed since you became the owner or occupant of the property? • Do you know how many keys there are to your residence or business and who has the keys? • Does a single key operate all locks on your residence? • Are your exterior doors solid and constructed of wood or metal? • Do your entrance doors have dead bolts with 1" throws and do they throw all the way? • Do your exterior doors have reinforced strikes to prevent being kicked in? • Do your exterior doors have hinge pins secured to the frame? • Are there windows within three feet of your doors? • Does that door near the window have a double cylinder deadbolt (key required to open the door from both sides) and do you have an evacuation key close at hand in case of emergency? • Do all of your exterior doors (including between the garage and house) have door viewers or peep holes? • Do you have secondary locks, rim locks, chains, etc? • Do you have secondary locks or bars on your sliding glass doors? • Does your garage door (vehicle door) secure and lock properly? • Do all of your windows have auxiliary locks or "pins"? • Are your basement windows secured with security bars or a polycarbonate cover? • Has a locksmith conducted a security assessment of your home or business? If you have answered NO to two or more of the questions listed above, you are at a higher risk for a break- in.  Your home or business is not as safe and secure as it needs to be. The best defense against a break in is time, lighting and noise.  Stalling an intruder makes your property unattractive as it increases the chances that the intruder will be seen, heard and most importantly, caught. Call for a security assessment today and so we can assist you in making your home, business or residence less attractive to the criminals. Call Finger Lakes Lock&Security LLC at (315) 398-9831 or email us at locksmith@fingerlakeslock.com