I dont know about those. I was suggesting an actual safe you keep somewhere in your house.
Another thing. I was visiting someones house and they had one heck of a baseball memorabilia collection. Signed baseballs, cards, and such worth quite a bit and they had it all out on display. Those items need to be put in some sort of safe or at least be in a locked room and for Pete’s sake dont tell anyone about them.
I have a monitored alarm system with Sonitrol. $80 a month monitoring fee plus several hundred dollar installation fee (depends on the system). I had it installed 10 years ago after a break-in. It finally paid off big time last month when they called the police in time to catch a burglar in the house while weren’t home. The doors are wired, so they knew when the burglar entered, and there are audio and motion detectors so they could track the burglar in the house.
I would definitely recommend Sonitrol if you are looking for a monitored system.
(We also have a dog but he was outside at the time of the break-in and reportedly didn’t make a peep. I’m sure he would bark up a storm if he heard someone breaking while is inside with us.)
In my case, Sonitrol called me to confirm no one should be in the house, the called the police, who happened to be 2 minutes away. What can I say, everything went right and they caught the burglar.
Where does the OP live?
As far as I know, Texas is the only* state that legally allows killing a thief to protect your property. Before using a gun to stop the next crime, I’d advise finding out what limits your local laws place on this.
*there may be other states that allow this, but I’ve only seen it written as actual law in Texas.
Usual Caveat About Security Companies: the typical business model is to offer cheap equipment/installation in return for hooking you into a long-term monitoring contract where the real money is. If the service is riddled with false alarms or other problems, you’re stuck paying $$ monthly for 2-3 years or so.
It might be California. That’s what his profile says. IANAE: California’s Castle Doctrine allows for shooting an intruder if they are inside your house and you have a reasonable fear for your life - and ‘reasonableness’ will be decided by a jury. It does not permit shooting an intruder if that intruder is inside and stealing your property and not threatening your life.
I don’t mind my tenant having two dogs.
Did I not know him, I would ask for a deposit.