Here are some very good reasons why you should use a hidden diversion safe. The biggest reasons are they are just as effective as and a lot less expensive than a regular floor or wall safe. The facts are that a burglar will spend 10 minutes or less, on average, according to a Chicago Police Department study, inside your home looking for items of value. They are primarily looking for smaller items that can be quickly and easily pawned for cash. Yes, occasionally you will hear about burglars walking out...

In today's blog post we're doing product reviews of diversion safes. What are diversion safes? The best way to describe them is as innocent looking, common household products such as food containers, cleaning products or soda cans with hollowed out interiors that are big enough to hold items such as cash and credit cards, jewelry, small collectibles and in some cases handguns. Some good examples are this Maxwell House Coffee Diversion Safe that has an interior department of 3" x 3.5". The container is weighted to give it the feel...

Reedley, California is located approximately 22 miles south of Fresno and is just slightly above middle-class America with a relatively young population which means they are working people. That area has received a rash of home burglaries in the last couple of weeks. Read the whole story HERE. In only one instance did burglars need to use force to break-in. The other burglaries were through unlocked doors or windows. All burglaries happen during the daytime when no one was at home except in one instance when a 50-year-old woman was...

It should be absolutely no surprise to anyone that burglary is such a popular crime with the bad guys. Here are some of the reasons why and some tips you can use to prevent burglary in your house and improve your home security. Why Burglary Is So Popular The average value of goods taken in a home burglary is close to $2100 in smaller, easy to pawn, high-value products such as jewelry, handguns, rifles, cash and credit cards. Other items such as collectibles are high-value targets as well. Home burglary...

Police arrested two suspects in the Monroe, Connecticut area after a series of burglaries has been going on for close to two months. The two were caught after someone identified a vehicle that was used in one of the burglaries. Police later saw that car and put it under surveillance along with the occupants. You can read the whole story HERE. This isn't exactly a secret but burglars steal items out of homes or apartments that are easy to carry and can be easily converted into cash. Jewelry and hand...

One of the most overrated home security suggestions, in my opinion, is the use of traditional safes. I'm talking about the big, heavy safes that require a password or code to open. I recently read a tragic story about a couple and their son who were brutally murdered in their home. Day’s later police arrested the killers and the motive was revealed. The couple kept a very rare and expensive coin collection in a safe inside their home. After murdering the family, the killers made off with the safe, which...