I have a seven feet high electronic gate and since it's inception 2 years ago, there has not been one person - to my knowledge, as nothing has ever been removed from my property- who climbed over it. previously, my seven feet brick wall which obscured my vision from the outside world, was scaled repeatedly. my theory is that if your home is "protected" by a high wall, you are creating curiosity amongst the burglars out there by making them wonder what you are hiding,...
my transition from wall to gate was the best security decision i have ever made and i am not the only one, i assure you. > > I think it's correct about the high walls being an invitation to > invisible breaking-in. Best perhaps for Obs might be HIGH but > completely see-through - e.g. railings. > > Window panes with plastic laminate between two sheets are also a good > idea; they're expenisive to put in but they're hard to break, and > almost impossible to break quickly. > > Biddy. > > On Dec 23, 6:24 pm, GP <[email protected]> wrote: >> I was reading the Wikipedia page on CPTED: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_prevention_through_environmental_d... >> >> There are a lot of useful guidelines, but in particular "Use the >> shortest, least sight-limiting fence appropriate for the situation." >> is something where Obs headed the opposite way. >> >> Obs has debated it much in the past, but from the CPTED page, using >> high concrete walls increases crime in the street as a whole because >> criminals feel like they can break into houses in a high-walled area >> with less risk of detection and apprehension. >> >> Graham > > > "You may choose to live your life in pieces or you may choose to live your life in peace,...we cannot start over and change the beginning, but we can start now and change the end,..." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
