One way of gaining entrance

Friend of mine was burglared and had over 80 laptops stolen.
He thought that the solid wooden door behind a steel roller shutter at the rear door of his business, an alarm and CCTV inside was enough of a deterrent.
His business has been severely disrupted.
On the same night an opticians was burglared and had computers stolen.

Don't wait for this to happen to your business - we have the equipment to force intruders to leave empty handed without fitting unsightly and virtually useless roller shutters (unless it's the glass your protecting - and there are alternatives!!).

On site demonstrations and videos available to show the effectiveness of our products.

Senior lawyer outlines '12 crimes of Christmas'

A senior Crown Prosecution lawyer has warned the public of the dangers of what he called the "12 crimes of Christmas" - serious misdeeds which tend to increase during the festive season. 

In a speech on Thursday, Nazir Afzal, chief prosecutor of the north-west of England, said that during the Christmas break his office saw an increase in domestic abuse, alcohol fuelled public disorder, burglary and sexual assault.

Afzal said there were also a spikes in:

• harassment and stalking, due to people trying to rekindle old relationships

• drink driving

• shoplifting

• street robbery

• drink fuelled assaults

• car theft

• making off without paying for services such as restaurant and bar tabs

• fraud, in its many offline and online forms.

He said other crimes also increased during the holidays, but that these crimes had the "greatest impact on the greatest number".

Afzal, who has chosen not to prosecute in recent cases where people used lethal violence to defend their homes against theft, said there was an increase in burglaries as criminals made off with easily available pickings under Christmas trees, and assured residents that they were "entitled to use reasonable force to defend yourself, your family and your property."

The Alarming Man has products that detect burglars both before entering a property and at the point of entry and devices that drive them away without the use of force, ( for business and residential).  

Reduce the chance of being a victim and call 01616601636 for a free survey in the Greater Manchester Area.

• The above was extracted from an artice by Shiv Malik on guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 December 2011 18.38 GMT

Video Verification

Would you like your alarm to be stand-alone and:-

• Tell you when it has been activated?
• Send a video to mobile phones (security guards for example) of the cause of activation?
• To work outdoors - building sites, farm yards, church roof?
• Operate when there is no mains power? 
• Save money - guard only called out if suspicious activity.

Well now you can - listen carefully

Affected by the riots?

People whose homes and businesses were destroyed in rioting could lose out on millions of pounds in compensation if they do not lodge a claim and give their details to the police within 14 days.  Most insurers require riot damage claims to be made within seven days, because the Riot Damages Act requires the police to pay out cash to property owners who suffered losses they could not possibly predict.  People whose homes and businesses were destroyed in rioting could lose out on millions of pounds in compensation if they do not lodge a claim immediately.  
Even people who do not have insurance should act quickly.  

With some businesses remaining closed due to damage or the threat of further riots, affected firms should do everything possible to get back on their feet, without worrying about preserving evidence for insurers.

To reduce the damage caused by looters and robbers, The Alarming Man can supply and install devices that help protect property by blinding, deafening and cutting the hands off intruders all perfectly legally - and take pictures for evidence!  

Call 0161 660 1636  now for non-confrontational ways of property protection.

Caravan Security

This is the time of year when families take their caravan or motorhome on holiday and realise that they are not quite as secure as they wished.

Often without an alarm, who knows if the van has suffered a burglary.  
If an alarm is fitted who will respond?

A standalone wireless system is now available that:-

• Is completely stand alone
• Uses batteries that last 2-4 years
• Wireless sensors mean no wires, no mess, no fuss
• Sends a video of the alarm activation using mobile phone technology
• Armed and disarmed with fob or keypad
• Two way audio communication from your mobile phone or land-line
• Easy to move to new van

Fo more information contact The Alarming Man

Burglary Statistics

When it comes to alarms, many people seem to think that burglaries, only happen to their neighbours. The following statistics about burglaries in the UK will make them think again.

Fact 1: – A home is burgled somewhere in the UK every 37 seconds. Not every 37 days or every 37 hours – but every 37 seconds.

Fact 2 – There are more than a million burglaries or attempted burglaries in the country every single year.

Fact 3 – One out of every five households falls prey to burglars more than once a year. Seven percent of households are in fact burgled three or more times a year.

Fact 4 – In the current economic climate there has been a surge in burglaries throughout the UK. The risk of becoming the victim of a burglary is now significantly higher than it was a year or two years ago.

There are two ways to protect you and your family against burglaries. The first is to make sure doors and even windows are locked when you are not at home.

The second, install a modern alarm that follows the triple D code: 

Deters (have a sign in a window or a visible bell box)

Detects (consider sensors on the outside of property - to sound the alarm before a break-in, that incorporates a camera to view the cause of activation)

Deploy (ensure that someone responds to an alarm)

Systems that satisfy the above can be installed in 4 hours, with no mess, no fuss and minimal decor damage.

Ask The Alarming Man how and where.

Protect from the outside in

More customers are looking for ways to detect unauthorised intruders before they break in or steal property.

This external wireless sensor is:

• Designed to eliminate false alarms
• Tolerant to moving trees, bushes, direct sunlight, car headlamps
• Animal friendly up to 18kg (thats a pretty big dog)
• Water resistant (IP65)
• Anti vandal design
• Anti masking (if covered by cloth or box)
• Can be set for night time only (burglars like the dark!)
• Works with most Visonic wireless systems
• Protects roofs from lead theft

Call now for more information

346 burglaries each month in Stockport (UpMyStreet figures). Don't be a statistic

Wireless alarms are typically installed within 4 hours with no mess and no fuss. As easy to operate as locking the car with a fob. Provides security and can call keyholders when someone is in the garden - that's before they have broken in the property! 

With typical prices around £500 for a monitored system to property in the North West, you can be protected with high quality, performance systems.

Call now to have a secure home when taking that Easter break.

Be alarmed - there are those that hope your not.

Squatting to be made illegal

The Alarming Man has completely stand alone equipment that can prevent squatting by immediately reporting intruders and videoing their activity.  Call now 08456387585 for details

Reported in The Daily Telegraph

The Justice Secretary is to make squatting illegal for the first time in England and Wales in a bid to end the menace of the home occupiers.

And those who still force their way in to empty properties will face a prison sentence.

The new law will end the “nightmare” of home owners having to fight lengthy legal battles in the courts in order to evict squatters.

Instead the police will be able to force entry and arrest anyone who has occupied a property.

There are an estimated 100,000 incidents of squatting every year with victims including Guy Ritchie, the film director.

A senior Whitehall source told The Daily Telegraph Mr Clarke has made changing the law a priority because he is sick of seeing cases of law-abiding people fighting to regain possession of their properties.

The source said: “Ken has had enough of seeing hard working home owners battle to squatters out.

“He is determined to use the full force of the law to save people from the nightmare of having to fight to get their houses back.

“The days of 'squatters’ rights' will be over.”

Squatting is not currently a criminal offence in England and Wales and instead it is up to the owners to use the civil courts to enforce their rights, which can turn in to lengthy and expensive legal battles.

They must also prove to the courts that they are either a ''displaced residential occupier'' – someone who has returned from holiday to find squatters in their house – or a ''protected intended occupier'', who is intending to move into an empty property.

In contrast, squatters are also protected by other laws, including the Criminal Law Act 1977, which prevents a home owner forcing their way back in because it makes it an offence to use violence to gain access when there is someone on the premises who is opposed to entry.

They can also take advantage of the controversial law on "adverse possession", which can allow someone who has occupied a building for 10 years to claim ownership of it.

One squatter group, known as The Really Free School, has occupied a series of properties in London, including a building in Bloomsbury Square belonging to an antiques expert and a £6 million house owned by Mr Ritchie. Then they took over an empty pub near Oxford Street before moving on to another near Leicester Square.

Earlier this year, businessman John Hamilton-Brown was reduced to begging through his own letterbox for squatters to leave his £1 million home.

In 2009 squatters moved into David Blunkett's former grace and favour mansion in central London while others took over a £33 million house close to Nigella Lawson's home in Eaton Square, central London.

Officials are now drawing up plans to such property invasions illegal with a likely maximum penalty of a custodial sentence.

Squatting is already a criminal offence in Scotland and someone guilty of it could be sentenced to 21 days in jail.

By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor at The Daily Telegraph  6:30AM GMT 18 Mar 2011

Fog Bandit on the BBC News!

Fog Bandit was recently included as part of a Crime Prevention feature on national BBC News 24 and BBC Midlands last month.

Just in case you missed it see a copy of the BBC footage on the link below:

Alarm Verification Without Wires

For police to respond to an alarm, they need to be sure that there is a crime in progress. An effective way to do this is with pictures of what happened when the alarm was activated. With verification, Police will treat these alarms as “Crimes in Progress” and respond faster than for a "bell on the wall" alarm. Video verification makes efficient use of both security guards and police officers and provides greater security to the property owner. However, this can be a bit tricky when mains power is unavailable.
A system providing TOTALLY wireless, BATTERY powered video security, that can be placed anywhere and sends a 10 sec video of what caused the alarm to an alarm receiving centre, security company or phone is available here
An absolute must for empty properties, buildings without power, construction sites, church roofs etc. Thieves have now lost the luxury of time and anonymity