Home Invasion Statistics Across USA

Home invasions across the USA are increasing supposedly due to the poor economy and the ease at which perpetrators are learning to ply their trade, thanks in part to the enormous amount of information spreading across the internet.

There are a few companies here that are producing unique quality products aimed at preventing home invasions and identifying criminals.

StranDNA is one such company that produce a modern itteration of the ages old door chain.

Strikemaster II is produced by A Safe Homes International, designed to repair a broken door frame casing while at the same time preventing future door kick ins.

OnGard Door Brace is produced by an Atlanta based company designed to prevent door entry.

Bilock is an internationally acclaimed guaranteed 100% bump proof and virtually pick proof key system with keys that cannot be copied.

Many of the above products cannot be purchased at the big box stores, only from approved industry professional locksmith companies.

For further information on any of the above listed products, please contact us at your convenience.

Chain Reaction DNA - 21st Century Door Security Chain

StranDNA are a United Kingdom based company that have re-invented the humble door chain, found across the world for the past couple of centuries.

This intelligent device provides two distinct differences from the humble door chain of yesteryear.
A) A 110db piercing alarm at the point of entry.
B) Sprays a UV mist with a unique DNA

The law enforcement agencies across the world have been using modern forensic technologies for the last few decades to identify perpetrators of crimes. But speedy results have been difficult to achieve until recent developments in DNA sequencing.

StranDNA have produced a replaceable canister that is easily installed into the unit. The fluid/mist, when encountering the perpetrator, leaves a unique identifiable DNA trace that remains active for up to 3 months (based on exfoliation)

The Society Of Professional Locksmiths is the USA based approved instructor of especially trained and permitted StranDNA products.

Criminal defense attorneys in the USA will have an unsurmountable burden of proof to dissuade a court of their clients involvement in a crime, when the DNA product clearly provides investigators with conclusive proof of their involvement, dramatically reducing lengthy investigations and reducing the costs for local law enforcement agencies to provide incontrovertible evidence of involvement.

Soon to be released in the USA, only approved installers trained by the Society Of Professional Locksmiths will be able to help residents and tenants and also local law enforcement departments effectively reduce crimes.

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Light Bulb Key Ring

People who receive a service call from me often are delighted when I give them a little LED keyring with my name, phone number and website on it. I used to hand out business cards until I woke up and realized that the reason I rarely received business from those cardholders was because the cards were too easy to get lost or trashed.

An innovative company has produced a miniature version of a flashlight that is novel and different to the norm.

The Light Bulb Keyring operates on 4 replaceable cell batteries and fits easily on your keyring.

Ladies fumbling though their pocket book in a dark spot can now do so with this small unobtrusive flashlight.

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Glowing Bicycle Lock - With Chip Key

China is the preeminent home of all things bicycle. With such a huge population, bicycles are the preferred mode of transport. As is the case in many high population centers, differentiating your bicycle from your neighbor can be a daunting task. No more.....

This concept is borne from peoples fascination for car keys with remote controls. A unique bicycle lock that glows when activated by the key, helps you easily determine which is yours.

WeMo - Home Automation Just Got Smarter

WeMo is a new product just released by Belkin, designed to make home automation more accessible to the masses.
With the quantity of devices in use in our homes today, many users would enjoy the convenience of 24/7 access to their appliances.

The video above explains it well.

Why do I post this here? Many security products today are electrically powered and often users forget to set them or switch them on.  I believe that lighting is an integral part of your homes security and therefore should be included in modern intelligent security systems. Controlling your appliances remotely can only serve to enhance your home security as well as making your life easier.

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GPS Spy Tracker - Real Time Bicycle Security.

Bicycles can cost a fortune. Losing a bicycle to theft can be quite distressing. Distress no longer. Integrated Trackers make and offer this excellent product aimed at the bicycle enthusiast market.

Available in Europe and the USA.

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Installing Serrature Meroni Classroom Knobset To Classroom Doors

About 6 months ago we completed installation of about 40 new Serrature Meroni Combina K17 Handle sets in place of the existing (and comparatively more expensive) Arrow and Schlage grade 1 handle sets.

$ for $ comparison pitted the Meroni hardware at about half the cost of the other more widely recognized brand names. (Including installation costs)

  
The first video above, shows the handle set just after it was initially installed before the final inside cover was installed.

We used Don-Jo scar plates to cover the 2-1/8" crossbore holes allowing the Combina hardware to easily and securely fit.

KOMO Seattle Report On Locksmiths

The video here is a follow up to a KOMO Seattle news segment that generated a significant amount of chatter among the wider locksmith community around Seattle and other cities across America.

This segment offers a insight into an independent consumer magazine that runs a non-profit consumer reporting publication called Checkbook.org. This particular Checkbook listing involves locksmiths in the Seattle area.


The quantity of reported reputeable locksmiths seems rather high in my opinion. Perhaps because there is little to no regulation or gazetted qualifications for locksmiths, almost any person (or their brother or sister) can call themselves a locksmith and go out a ply the trade. Unlike other countries,