How did you feel while arriving or approaching your homes, lodges, offices, business centers, school offices, saves, cupboards or lockers, and cabinets, respectively, and you noticed that an unknown person has either attempted to open the lock or the lock is no more there?
We've experienced the desperation; the panic of walking up to a locked door, reaching there we discover something strange. Most of us who had such experience must have had ants in our paint- you became nervous or jumpy; to be unable to sit still because something valued has been stolen or taken.
The discovery shows that aside from Nigeria, the burglary rate is not less than the level of 1.5 cases per 100,000 population in the rest of the world. There is a great increase in percent as the year goes by. Some group of people would have it that it owing to the unavoidable sporadic development of science and technology. "It's a computer age that we are", they will conclude. But I think you would buy the idea because it sounds too good to be true. However, although many of the criticisms of modern, technological society are surely valid, I feel there are great dangers in blanket indictments of science and technology.
Do you know that you can unlock any padlock without using its key? Yes, you can, irrespective of the components or material it is made up of or various different styles but the basic design and operation are the same.
Padlocks, with their various different styles but the basic design and operation, usually comprise of a solid body, a locking mechanism, and a shackle designed primarily to keep honest people honest. In other words, padlocks are supposed to be opened with their keys only.
Burglary is a long record of crime that prompts security concerns as far as it involves taking of personal property in the possession of another, accomplished by using tools and gadgets which I have nib on bud as illustrated below.
This presents significant security vulnerabilities to facilities, homes, schools, lockup stores, malls, etc as it exacerbates anxiety as we consider the acme of insecurity in the country especially in West African countries like Nigeria.
Well, I don't intend to inject fears or panics into you but it is expedient to be aware and to begin to strategize security measures especially for those who intend to have a business or property whatsoever.
But what is the way forward if you could ask?
- The good observant measure of suspicious persons or vehicles so you can provide a good description of them if the crime is committed. That is why you need to be familiar with your environment- get to relate with people so that you could detect a stranger.
- Develop a mutual aid system. By that, I imply, form an agreement with nearby merchants to keep an eye on each other's business or property. Let there be a mutuality, especially between stores or mall owners, so to watch for suspicious activities.
- Build certain metal cages to cover (sort of a metallic cover welded at the point where the lock is situated and should be designed to prevent the use of these devices) the padlocks so as to render inconvenience to burglary.
- Install recording cameras that can provide good imagery of the person entering and leaving the premises. It still boils down to being acquainted with the location knowing people as much as you could. No one would wake up to just get to know a place he has not been there before or without taking time out to study and observe every nook and cranny.
Other Ways To Deter Burglary
Preferably, spend money to ensure safety to your home, business, and offices. of course, you know the cost of negligence.
Spend money deterring crimes by having visibility in the business and on the premises through the use of alarm systems, surveillance cameras, security guards, dogs, and good lighting.
I promise you, good visibility in and around business ensures risk detection for intruders and defaulters to nib to bud a perception of safety for person legitimately on the premises.
Don't allow your window counters to be cluttered with signs, displays, plants, etc.
Checks 13ways your padlocks can be unlocked as you watch:
