The more I think about it, the more I realize there are lots of safety issues around the home -- everything from basic issues like preventing and detecting break-ins to dealing with medical emergencies. Are you really safe in your own home? Is your home really secure?

I suppose the first issue is whether or not to get a good Home Security System. I've wondered about that issue a lot, especially after a home security company began calling me about the alarm going off at my home? The problem? At the time we didn't have a home security system, much less a monitoring service. They were calling me about someone else's home! And I'm not talking about a fly-by-night company -- this was one of the big names in the industry. SO I have to wonder -- is it better to be hooked -in with a company or to instead work with a system that makes contact with you and police automatically when a problem is detected?

I also wonder about the desirablilty of security cameras. Is my home a likely enough target that a security camera would be a reasonable investment instead of overkill? Or is a decoy sufficient? Personally, in my neighborhood, I don't think that either is a real important investment -- but depending upon what the new development brings to the area, I might be changing my mind on that.

But really -- what is necessary in the way of home security? Do we really need to be on camera all the time, like at school? Do we really need massive security systems? I suppose that it ultimately comes down to you neighborhood and your style of life.

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