Some unfortunate people will suffer a burglary during the night tonight and over Xmas, not because they don't have the right security in place, but because they'll forget to use it! Try to adopt a security routine and stick to it and if necessary write it down on a piece of paper and stick it to…

The vast majority of us open the main entrance door to an unexpected caller without much thought about who is standing on the other side and on many occasions we probably wouldn't have done so had we known who was a-calling! It's important both to see a caller before opening the door to them and…

I thought it important to say an upfront thank you to my former colleagues who will be on duty now and throughout Christmas and the New Year. There's always extra demand on police on the build-up to Christmas. In my day it was the IRA, but now, of course, it's the terrorist threat that is so…

Although I'm a ‘stay-at-home-for-Xmas-kind-a-guy' I do appreciate that many people will be jetting off to warmer climes as our winter begins to take a grip. I don't know when you last thought about your personal safety when abroad, but there may be some things in my \'jolly holiday safer…

If you are unfortunate enough to become the victim of a crime on the build up to Xmas, especially burglary or a theft from around the house, please react quickly and improve your security, because your chances of having a second crime are now higher than the first. Likewise, if you hear about a…

It is an unfortunate fact that lots of people are not using their multipoint locking doors correctly. This is especially the case for those who have what is called a \'split spindle handle\', which will mean that when the door is closed it will only be ‘locked' on the single live…