Layer four is the disrupting power of a tactical flashlight.
Layer two is an early warning sys- tem deployed along the driveway or home perimeter.
Layer three: well-placed motion detecting lights.
triggered by temperature changes, they can alert you to the passage of vehicles, humans or animals long before they show up at your doorstep. The small sensors that activate the base alarm are weatherproof, unobtrusive and can be mounted on a variety of surfaces. Units like the Miltronics Manu-
facturing, Inc. sensor can simply be taped to a tree and blend into their surroundings with a can of flat cam- ouflage paint. The nice thing about these sensors is they can be positioned anywhere around your perimeter, not only along the driveway. The advantage of a driveway alarm
is it gives you plenty of advanced warning and provides you with a win- dow of time to react. It’s an invaluable second layer.
Motion Detecting Lights Bright light to a crook is like day-
light to a vampire. They prefer dark yards where their approach will go undetected. When an outside flood- light suddenly snaps on, they tend to scurry back under the rock they came from. Motion detector lights are very inexpensive now; it would be a sin not to utilize them. Mount them on the corners of your home and adjust to illuminate entry points and potential hiding areas; these form a convenient third layer of protection.
SureFire’s M4 Devastator Staying off the roads on New
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Layer five is the ESSENTIAL one, a monitored home security system.
Year’s Eve, I was enjoying a peaceful evening with my wife watching the ball descend in Times Square when the driveway alarm went off, and then the outside motion detector lights snapped on illuminating the driveway. Grabbing SureFire’s “light up the
night” M4 Devastator and turning off the inside lights, I could see three, tough-looking dudes eyeing at the house through the windshield of their car. Cracking the back door, I flicked on the Devastator, holding it above and away from my body, and centered its beam on the windshield. The mis- creants immediately threw up their hands to cover their eyes and yelled for me to turn off the light. Projecting 350 lumens of focused white light, the Devastator had temporarily blinded the occupants — wrecked their night vision — even disoriented them a bit. My verbal response was something along the lines of, “You don’t belong here. Get out!” They didn’t waste a second. Still without night vision, they turned around ever so slowly and left while I covered them with the Devas- tator all the way to the street. Found in SureFire’s Special Ops
line of flashlights, the M4 Devasta- tor, and the even more powerful M6 Guardian (500 lumens) are essential gear in my household. For generally moving around at night or in the dark of the morning, I wear a small but powerful SureFire L1 Digital Luma- max around my neck. Until you’ve been on the receiving end of the beam
of a Devastator or Guardian, you can’t appreciate how effective the tac- tical power of light can be. Powerful SureFire lights make a nice, closed-in fourth layer.
Home Security System It’s never been easier to protect
your home and loved ones than with a monitored home security system. Using wireless or hard-wired beam and contact point systems plus smoke detectors, you can establish a fifth layer of security that functions 24/7 whether you are home or away. It’s even possible to install camera moni- tors inside or outside the home that can be accessed from a remote loca- tion via your computer. A monitored home security system will even reduce your home insurance bill. If you don’t have any other layer of security, this is the ESSENTIAL one.
Dogs The 5-1/2 layer of security are Yip-
pers, or Schutzhund German Shep- herds, training level III. Bad folks don’t like barking dogs or tough dogs, and if you’re hard of hearing, Fido will let you know when the driveway alarm goes off! When the dog barks in the middle of the night, don’t just yell at him to hush. The critter he’s barking at might not be a raccoon. Security systems aren’t complex,
expensive or maintenance intensive, but they do give you that vital edge when you need it. *w
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