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Subject: Burglaries Down Author: CH [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 15:54:44 12/07/09 Mon Clark Behind The Headlines From HLN's Money Expert Clark Howard One of the oddest things going on in the recession right now is something that the author of "Freakonomics" might have written. Do you know that in many big cities, burglaries are going down, not up? The natural assumption is when you're in a terrible economy, people might be more likely to steal. But that’s not what’s happening. Why? The answer is really more supposition from law enforcement than fact, but it’s quite a riddle. There are so many more people who can't find work, so they’re at home. They’re essentially providing new eyes and ears for police departments to protect neighbors. So it's like a neighborhood watch program on steroids. Now, not everybody has a neighbor next door who's going to be nosey, but technology is providing an answer to consider. There are now very affordable self-install cameras that you can put in your home. If you get a call that the burglar alarm's gone off, you can use the Web to look and see, real time, what's going on at your property. One thing I do recommend is that if there's a part of your home where you tend to wander around more informally dressed, or not with a lot of clothes on, that you don't put cameras in that part of your home. You should put them in the public areas of your home and outside. These used to only be available to commercial properties like stadiums or office buildings. As the cost of the digital technology has steadily declined, it's reached a point now where it's completely affordable for an individual to have. The quality of the video is not something you race to Youtube to watch. It's very, very basic video, but enough that you can certainly see what's going on. These cameras take the place of the time lost from a burglar alarm going off until a private security person could go by the house and see what's going on. You create an instant ability to protect yourself, for cheap. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]