I have an alarm system that provides a piece of mind. A few months after I moved in, I was burglarized. Somehow my garage door did the looks like it is closing and came back up. This idiot across the street and his friends decided to enter my house through the garage. The police suck and no one saw who did it. They had the nerve to ask me if I was single.
Needless to say I replaced everything they stole immediately except my sense of security. That took a little longer but needless to say the culprit and his mother no longer live near me. As for my next door neighbor who saw that my garage door was open and did nothing, lost his house. Karma is a you know what. I complained to the mayor about the police and you know when the economy took a turn for the worst, the police dept. had some cut backs and the sheriff was not reelected. Now if only we could get a better mayor.
I hate paying ADT but I feel better knowing that my alarm is on and when I am not home I am somewhat protected.