You don't have to be as paranoid as I am about security to see the sense in fitting a decent alarm system. However, definitions of "decent" vary; it strikes me that ...

Purchasing a home security system once required having a technician come into your house to punch holes in your walls, then snake wires to every door and window ...

When a tip comes in and the tipster feels they have to reassure us that despite appearances their subject is not facilitating crime, it certainly gets our attention. [Flam2006] has a Brinks home ...