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3 Benefits of Using a Local Home Security Company

3 Benefits of Using a Local Home Security Company

Do you prefer using large national brands or supporting small local businesses? In this blog post we look at three benefits of choosing a local security company. 1) Greater personalization Typically going with a local home security company will result in greater...

The Top 3 Reasons to Make Your Home a Smart Home

The Top 3 Reasons to Make Your Home a Smart Home

Have you been hearing a lot about smart homes recently, and wondering what all the fuss is about? Well this article might be for you. Keep reading to find out the top 3 reasons to make your home a smart home. 1) It improves your safety Perhaps most importantly, a...

How To Prevent False Alarms

How To Prevent False Alarms

What Is A False Alarm? A false alarm is an alarm that triggers an emergency response when no emergency has occurred. In addition to being a nuisance false alarms exhaust the resources of police, fire and emergency personnel and keep them from responding to actual...

How To Test Your Alarm System

How To Test Your Alarm System

The Importance Of Testing Your Alarm System Regularly Periodic testing of your alarm system is essential to ensure your system functions properly at all times. We advise you to test your system monthly. Prior to testing please make sure to notify us. How To Test Your...

Tips to Improve Your Home Security

Tips to Improve Your Home Security

Your home is your place of refuge. Everything you love most in the world is under your roof: your family, your pets, and your belongings. In this post we provide some tips for improving your home security.   Any time you move into a new home pay to have the locks...

Benefits of a Home Security System

Benefits of a Home Security System

Evidence of a home security system will deter many burglars from attempting a break-in, but if someone does break-in when your system is armed they will set off an audible alarm and the police can be dispatched. But security systems also offer less obvious benefits....

Let’s Talk About Dogs

Let’s Talk About Dogs

My father in law woke up one morning and started his normal morning routine before work. While he was downstairs in the kitchen a strange man entered the house in the room next to him and immediately said he was in the wrong house, quickly exiting out the back into...

Locks are Meant to Keep Honest People Honest

Locks are Meant to Keep Honest People Honest

Locks are meant to keep honest people honest Chances are you’ve heard this phrase before, and when it comes to home security it is actually true. Many burglaries are crimes of convenience. In fact, over 40% of burglars admit their break-in was a spur of the moment...

Why You Should Install a Home Security System

Why You Should Install a Home Security System

Home security systems provide your home and your family the protection they need. These are some of the top reasons to install a system in your home.  Protection Your home, family, and possessions are safer with a security system than without one.  Many burglars will...

Self Defense Tips

Self Defense Tips

Whether you're at home or traveling, you should be aware of your surroundings to ensure your safety at all times.  Here are a few of the best self defense tips to make sure you don't find yourself the victim of a senseless crime.   Pay Attention to Your...

Take Your Home Security to the Next Level with a Video Doorbell

Take Your Home Security to the Next Level with a Video Doorbell

Are you ready for the next big thing in home security?  The high definition video doorbell is here to offer your home and family more protection than you've ever experienced before! The Skybell Video Doorbell is an innovative new home security device. With it you can...

What in the World do Hamburgers Have to do with Security Systems?

What in the World do Hamburgers Have to do with Security Systems?

Merriam-Webster’s Definition of value: 1) a fair return or equivalent in goods, services, or money for something exchanged 2) the monetary worth of something Our goal at Protectus Security is to be the security provider of choice in the region by providing our clients...