Protect against con men with a video intercom


November 1, 2010
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Although everyone thinks their elderly relatives are smarter than their neighbours’ and would never be so silly as to let someone they didn’t know into their home, these crimes do happen. Sometimes when we get older judgement can falter and steps need to be taken to protect vulnerable members of society from those who seek to exploit them. If you feel responsible for someone who might fall victim to this kind of crime it can be worrying.

Talking to someone about the risks is difficult but using home security literature from your local police station can make it easier. This material usually explains how a legitimate door caller from any organisation but especially the utility companies will be only too happy to show you their ID and to wait while you examine it or call their head office to verify their credentials. This is where door chain can be an effective security measure.

Once you have all of the basics taken care of then you can begin to think about more technological solutions. Although they won’t do much to deter burglars a home video intercom system can be an excellent way of making someone feel more secure in their home as the door never even has to be opened. Modern video intercoms have such good quality lenses and monitors for seeing the picture sent from the lens that it is possible to verify credentials just by getting the caller to hold it up to the lens.
Home alarms systems are an excellent way of putting off burglars but can be expensive. A motion sensor alarm is a portable, self contained, alarm that can alert you when someone approaches an your house. Because they are cheap it’s possible to have two or three covering the approaches to your house and the alarm that sounds will alert the occupier and hopefully scare off the intruder.

 
 
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