With the weathermen predicting more snow and another cold spell ahead of us, many residents will be finding themselves heading home after their daily shift, close their front door behind them and not open it again until the next morning. This is typical winter behaviour, who doesn’t prefer to stay snug and secure inside as outside temperatures plummet. But this domesticated from of human hibernation during the cold months is also good news for the active thiefs ‘who live amongst us‘ as they can sneak around their gardens without any or little disturbance.

As we know, opportunist thieves will take full advantage of any situation, where they can make some free and easy money and unprotected garages and garden sheds are prime pickings. Think about it… What have you got stored in your garden shed… Bicycles? DIY or garden tools and equipment? Perhaps even expensive fishing equipment or golfing gear? All under one roof and probably poorly protected. Goods worth hundreds or thousands of pounds just waiting to be stolen without too much effort. You can now begin to understand why burglars target garden sheds, allotments and garages, up and down the country, at this time of the year.

Here at Crime Prevention Products we urge that people boost their security with extra locks and garage & shed alarms to make sure their property is safe and secure from winter time sneak thiefs.

It’s round about this time of year the opportunistic thief can really cash in, with many residents high on Christmas spirit their sense of security seems to take a back seat. Many will be too busy thinking about where to hide their newly purchased goods that they will not give a second thought to where they are hiding them. Garden sheds, garages and outhouses will be used as the ‘perfect‘ hiding places for anything from new bikes, remote controlled cars and dolls houses.

When it comes to hiding your Christmas presents please give a thought to where you are placing them, an old blanket over your goods at the back of the garden shed is not a good idea. However, if you have no option to use your garages and outhouses make sure they are well secured. Here at Crime Prevention Products we have a wide selection of Garage / Shed security products that will ensue that your xmas presents are safe no matter where you place them.

How many people up-and-down the country have recently purchased garages, sheds or even an extra outhouse? Then filled them with expensive items such as power tools, golf clubs, lawnmowers, heck even the family car, if there’s room. Now, how many of us have electricity wired up to their new garage, shed or outbuilding? Not many, I bet. Of course there are instances when hooking up your shed to the national grid is just not required – mostly, though, it’s the expense which puts us off the idea.

If you fall within the group of people (probably, the majority) that don’t have electricity running to your garage, shed or outbuilding, yet still need to fill it with expensive items and are worried about security then here at Crime Prevention Products we have just the product for you. The Yale Wireless Burglar Alarm Including External Siren is the perfect answer for the more remote location where power is not available, for example vulnerable farm buildings with expensive machinery or stock contents, remote houses or buildings, boat yards, Stable tack Rooms and even Containers which are used to hold valuable equipment.
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