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Following the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case and a Gilbert apartment break-in that ended in a burglar being shot, CBS 5 reporter Casey Torres interviewed Jeff Welch on the surge in residential security inquiries. Welch - citing a sharp spike in calls over the past two months - outlined practical, low-cost hardening tactics for renters and homeowners that go beyond cameras.
"Deter, delay, detect."
- Jeff Welch, CEO, Grab The Axe
"Reports of kidnappers or intruders breaking into homes could be pushing people to seek out help from home security experts. The apparent kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie rattled a lot of nerves and just this past weekend someone shot an intruder in their apartment in Gilbert. Well anecdotally home security consultants are telling us they're getting more calls and more interest right now. Casey Torres is here with some advice which you might not have heard before that could help protect your home."
"Well, a lot of people have security cameras in their doorbells outside the corner of their homes and even inside the house. The security expert I spoke to says that alone is no longer enough to keep intruders out."
"What they want is high reward and low effort."
"This apartment complex near Santan Village Parkway and the loop 202 is where Gilbert police say a suspected burglar was shot by a resident Sunday morning. The suspected burglar is now in a hospital in critical condition. Burglaries are big right now. Jeff Welch is the CEO and founder of the security company called Grab the Axe. He says a lot of homeowners and apartment renters are worried about turning into victims."
"We've had far more calls in the last six months. Uh, in the last two months, residential has gone through the roof even before the Guthrie case broke."
"Welch says the Guthrie case put the issue of home security front and center in households all over the country night after night."
"Deter, delay, detect."
"He says there are simple, inexpensive ways you can help keep intruders out of your home - ways that won't cost you your deposit."
"If you're renting, one step is switching out the small screws on the metal piece on a door frame with something stronger. What you want to do is take a three-inch hardened wood screw and put that in, and it's going to go directly into the two-by-four frame, and it's going to be extremely difficult to get through that door at that point."
"Security bars like this one that range from 18 to $40 on Amazon are also options."
"There's virtually no way you're going to get through that. That is an extremely difficult item to get out of the way for trying to break in."
"And when it comes to windows, sliding locks are a good option or magnetic locks that sound an alarm when they are separated."
"The whole idea is to make it annoying, difficult, hard to get in, and give you time to call the police."
"And Welch says cameras are great for gathering evidence and sometimes scaring intruders off if they're placed strategically. Having overlapping cameras and lights that cover every dark spot around your property is a good technique. Reporting live, Casey Torres, Arizona's Family."
Grab The Axe CEO Jeff Welch is featured by CBS 5 News, detailing low-cost and highly effective residential security measures following a surge in local break-ins.
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