Saturday night my family was a victim of a home invasion. My mother-in-law has a separate house in our backyard and as me, my wife and her walked out to it, we were confronted by two armed men. As I opened the door they walked out and put a gun to my head and my wife and had us lay on the ground.
While one watched us, the other took my mother-in-law inside and stole a large sum of money she had withdrew from the bank that morning. After they got the money they left. All the while my 3 kids were in the main house.
I have been robbed at gunpoint before, but for my wife and kids to be in danger and it happening at our house is 100 times worse. The fact that they were after one thing and one thing only surprised me. They did not care about anything else.
I spent the rest of the weekend strengthening our defenses by reinforcing locks with steel plates and longer screws on the strike plates. I also replaced all the flood lights and have an electrician coming to install a few more next week to eliminate some dead areas in our lighting system.
We had talked about getting an alarm system last year but did not have the money at the time, but I believe I will call a few people Monday to get some quotes. I am definitely getting some wireless cameras to put up this week.
Saturday and Sunday night we spent the night at my sister-in-laws house because we just don’t feel safe. I don’t know how long it will take before we feel right again.
Have any other Tech Republic members been through this sort of thing and if so, what did you do to feel safe again.
Also, if anyone has some other ideas to secure our home I would be glad to hear them.
