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Floor Safes Provide Excellent Hidden Protection

June 13th, 2012

We have a wide variety of safes available in our online store. Whether you need a safe for traveling, home or business use, we carry the type of safe you need. If you intend on hiding and concealing your safe, then we recommend looking into purchasing a floor safe. Floor safes provide excellent hidden protection from theft and burglary. Keep intruders and robbers guessing, as your safe is hidden from sight.

Just like wall safes, floor safes are installed into the floor rather than in your wall. The advantage of having a floor safe installed into the floor rather than the wall is that your safe has an extra barrier of protection and is more difficult to remove. Instead of being installed in wall where it’s only protected by mostly dry wall, floor safes are usually installed into a concrete floor. That means the safe is protected by a solid concrete barrier as well as having a solid steel frame. This makes it difficult for any thief from cracking the safe open through any side of the safe. Plus the ability to conceal the safe makes it almost impossible for any intruder to find.

That’s one of the main reasons why people choose to purchase a floor safe. They don’t intend on moving the safe very often and most prefer to keep it in one place. The most common places some people leave their safe is in their bedroom, office, basement, attic or garage. The only problem with keeping your safe there is that it’s visible and is where most burglars and thieves look. The first place a thief will look is in the master bedroom, raiding inside your closet. Although most thieves won’t dare to crack open a safe while inside your home, they’ll do the next best thing, try to take it with them. Most thieves will do anything they can to get inside, so they’ll steal the whole safe and bring it back home, where they’ll have more time to crack it open without being caught. That’s one of the main advantages to having a floor safe. A thief isn’t able to steal your floor safe, and that’s if they find it first.

Other great advantages to having a floor safe is that it provides excellent fire protection. In case of a fire emergency such as wildfires, cooking or electrical accidents, your safe will stay intact mainly because it’s surrounded by concrete, but is also inside of the floor where it’s less exposed to high temperatures or contact with fire. Not only are they resistant to fires, but other natural disasters such as floods, tornadoes and hurricanes. Some floor safes do provide a waterproof dust cover to prevent any moisture or water from seeping through the door of the safe. But most of the time, with anything that is installed within the floor, you always want to protect your valuables from moisture to prevent rust, corrosion or mildew. That’s why also protecting any of your valuables with a waterproof container or a dehumidifier would be ideal inside your floor safe.

The most common items to put into a floor safe are jewelry, cash, documents, handguns, photos and small collectibles. Larger items such as shotguns, paintings or trophies may need a larger safe. The floor safe is perfect for anyone that wants to secure extra cash, gold, gems, necklaces, precious metals and other rare items because they’re compact enough to fit into a floor safe as well as keeping it away from thieves. Keeping handguns and small weapons such as knives are also recommended to prevent any accidents and children from accessing them. It keeps your weapons hidden from any intruders and thieves, as well as keeping you and your family safe.

A floor safe can be a great commodity for either your home or business. It’s inexpensive and affordable, yet provides the great quality you’ve come to expect. Although installation into a concrete floor can take some time and effort, when properly installed, you’ll finally have the peace of mind you deserve. Most floor safes come with a U.L. Listed Group II combination lock, with over 1 million possible combinations. They also feature locking bolts that prevent the door from being opened through forced entry. As with all our safes, it’s constructed from heavy-duty steel, providing durability and strength to last a lifetime.

Group of Professional Thieves Arrested For Multiple Break-Ins

March 9th, 2012

For the majority of the time, if you have the necessary security equipment to protect yourself, your home or business, you’ll be able to keep thieves and attackers at bay. However, their will always be someway a thief will get around your security. That shouldn’t keep you from investing in high security because most of the time, it’ll save your valuables and even your life.

In rare cases though, there are professional thieves who know their way around security. They know how to stay under the radar without being caught. Usually, they’re in groups, to help guide each other along the way, and they always carry the right tools.

Recently, police have caught five suspects who were all involved in multiple thefts and break-ins. Police say that these burglars knew how to cut the exact wires to keep the alarms from going off. They even used some high-tech equipment such as scanners to keep a lookout on police transmissions. They also planned ahead of time for locations and a variety of different vehicles that were never registered to them. These experts were not kidding around and knew what they were doing. All their illegal activities kept stacking up, as they were able to raid businesses and storefronts all over South Shore.  Eventually, everything traced right back to them and the police say that the charades are finally over.

The police have arrested three Weymouth residents and two other men from Hull last week by a multi-department task force that has solved three break-ins and could have solved many more.  The men arrested were all in their early-mid 30’s.  They were charged in thefts that were taken place last month in Quincy, Hingham and Brighton. “They’re still under investigation for a lot of crimes throughout our region,” said Marshfield police Capt. Phil Tavares, who also leads the Old Colony Police Anti-Crime Task Force.

In took about two weeks of police surveillance and investigation until they were able to arrest the individuals. The investigators said they broke into businesses after they have been closed and made sure to cover up any evidence of their break-in. They would seek out safes and standalone ATMs in the robbery.

“They have been doing this for quite some time, we believe,” Quincy police Lt. John Steele said. “In the past year they’ve been able to get well into six figures worth of cash out of various businesses throughout the South Shore and Boston area.”

On Feb. 17th, the police say that the group broke their way into a men’s room of a gas station after it was closed. From there they were able to gain access to the office by busting down a wall where they broke into a safe and stole thousands of dollars, Steele said. As they smashed the window to escape was when the alarm triggered.

A little over a week after the 1st burglary, two of the men in the group broke into a carwash where they destroyed electrical and alarm boxes and then raided the office and file cabinets. They also stole two guns that were contained inside a wall safe. Hingham police Sgt. Steven Dearth says that the two Beretta semiautomatic pistols were fully loaded still haven’t been recovered. They were stored inside a safe and were registered to an employee of the car wash, he said.

When the police arrested the group of men and searched the vehicle they were driving in, they found a pry bar, screwdrivers and a police scanner. One of the suspects already had a significant criminal track record with outstanding warrants for his arrest and was out on bail for charges.

It made it tough for police officials to track down these thieves as they traveled all over the place. They needed help and evidence from every task force that included towns from Quincy, Weymouth, Hingham, Marshfield, Rockland, Scituate, Hanover, Norwell, Braintree and State Police investigators assigned to the Norfolk County District Attorney’s office. Boston Police were involved in the arrest and Brighton break-in investigation. “This was an example of what law enforcement has had to do to keep up with the times,” Steele said. “Criminals now go all over the place, into all sorts of different jurisdictions, and this collaborative effort really made this whole thing come together.”

Source: http://www.patriotledger.com/mobile/x587876056/Police-say-South-Shore-burglary-ring-broken-up-with-arrest-of-5-people

Over $500K Worth of Stolen Gems In Jewelry Store Heist

March 5th, 2012

Could you imagine a heist or criminal operation as critical as this? This is the type of scenario you see in movies. You could have never imagined this to happen in real life, but it did. That’s probably what frightens us the most, the fact that sometimes movies are never too far from becoming a reality.

The manager of Steve Quick Jeweler, Dana Sullivan, was surprised to what she saw when she arrived to work on Wednesday morning. Not your ordinary sighting at work, she discovered a large hole behind the store’s safe. As a jewelry business, they know to invest in a high security safe, but it didn’t matter in this case. The TL-30 Rated Safe weighed in at about two tons, almost impossible for any thief to remove it from it’s place without being caught.  These types of safes can also withstand attacks from professional thieves and experts for at least 30 minutes. However, the thieves were able to find a weak spot.

Sullivan says, “Everything was fine until I opened the door and saw there was dust everywhere. I thought the ceiling had fallen in. I couldn’t figure out what was happening. I looked around the corner and saw the hole.” Steve Quick, the owner of the business for 25 years, believes it could have been an inside job. “They knew what they were doing and what’s got us spooked is that they circumvented our security system, which is state of the art, or they had some sort of information,” Quick said.

The thieves began their operation on Tuesday evening where they raided a sushi restaurant located right next door. From there, they were able to break down through the wall at the same location, where they could finally reach the safe. The safe was located in the back inside a small office, which is right next to Quick’s desk. “So they were able to stay under my desk, tunnel under, and if you go in back, you can see the hole in the bottom of the safe,” Quick said.

The burglars were able to remain undetected from surveillance because that was the only area not monitored by cameras or motion detectors. That issue was immediately resolved once they figured it out. Once they were able to cut into the bottom of the safe, they gained access to its bottom shelves. “And then these were some of the storage containers we used to keep the gems in, and they were able to crush these and pull them out through that small hole, all of them containing gems, there was a gem collection that we’ve been collecting for 25 years, so it’s a pretty devastating loss,” Quick said.

In light of the situation, Quick says that they are fully insured and that none of the jewelry stolen belonged to any of their customers. “Everything is accounted for, the only things that are missing belonged to us,” Quick said.

After a huge loss, the staff is now busy making sure to account for all the inventory of the merchandise. As disappointed and saddened Quick is, he says that it comes within the territory of being in the jewelry business. “We’ve had armed robberies, we do everything we can, we take security very seriously, but there are people out there, and once in a while they succeed,” he said. The Chicago police have yet to make any arrests in this case.

Source: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-02-10/news/chi-500k-of-jewelry-stolen-in-lincoln-park-heist-20120210_1_burglars-jewelry-business-gems

Keep Track & Record Data With Our New Spy Devices

October 26th, 2011

Are you looking to secure and protect your home or business? If so, we have added a variety of different spy & surveillance devices in stock now. Do you want to monitor your household or store, but don’t want to attract attention with high-end surveillance cameras? We have the best spy equipment for you. We know for parents that finding a responsible babysitter is hard to find. If you want to make sure your babysitter is doing his or her job, then use a spy device to keep track. If you have maids, friends or visitors that visit frequently then you may want to monitor the areas of your home that you want left private or are off limits. If you have your own clothing shop or food store, then you want to make sure you catch any shoplifters and thieves on footage. Spy devices are a good way to monitor high traffic areas or where surveillance is needed without having the other person know that the area is being monitored.

Not only do we carry spy devices that are designed for disguise, but we also have devices that can sweep for spy units. If you believe you are being monitored and your privacy is being invaded, these spy finders and units can help you detect any cameras or other spy units in the area.

We also offer tracking devices that monitor and keep track of information for phones or car routes. With the phone tracking devices you can receive information from incoming and outgoing phone calls. If you want to know who is calling and where the caller is coming from a phone tracking device will be useful. You can also track car and trail routes with your vehicle. The tracking device will gather all the data of where you’ve been so that you can retrace your steps or provide the same data to aid someone else who is going the same route.

Here are a couple of the devices we have in store for you:

 

Motion-Activated AC Adapter DVR250

Description: It looks like just a regular AC Adapter plugged into a wall outlet, but this device is actually a digital video recording device that has a covert camera inside. Simple to use and easy to install, it will record once motion is detected.

 Features:

  • Normal looking AC Adapter
  • Built in DVR and Camera
  • Powered by AC Outlet – No Batteries Needed
  • Amazing 720×480 Resolution @ 30FPS
  • Takes up to a 16GB SD Card
  • 1 Hr. Per GB Recording

 

 

SleuthGear Live Vehicle Tracker GPS600

Description: This vehicle-tracking device updates its location every 10 seconds, or every 20 feet when its speed is less than 10mph, while you watch it in real-time using the web-based application. This device can be used for a range of different applications such as athletics tracking, medical patients, shipment or children.

Features:

  • Up to 10 Day Battery Life @ 10 Second Updates
  • Internal motion sensor to extend battery life
  • 90 days of historical data on server
  • Speed Alert via SMS or E-Mail
  • Fleet Tracking of 1 to 3000 devices

 

 

Cellphone Recon P9901

Description: This cellphone tracker can secretly monitor all of the activities on your cell phone from incoming and outgoing calls to text messages, emails and even phone location.

Features:

  • Record all incoming/outgoing SMS messages
  • Track the location of a cell phone
  • Record all incoming/outgoing emails
  • Record all incoming/outgoing and missed calls

Thieves Raid Home Stealing Over $25,000 Worth of Valuables

August 5th, 2011

In the city of Bradenton, Florida a recent burglary has the local towns people worried and nervous as the police are investigating a Palmetto home that was broken into. The burglars stole a 700-pound gun safe that stored a plethora of guns that totaled to 23 different firearms. They also stole a 50-pound safe that was even anchored to a wall, reported by the Sherriff.

A more frightening fact is that the burglars were able to break into the home, raid the area and take two safes without being seen by anyone or creating any suspicion. That must be startling for the neighborhood and those that live close by. The thieves didn’t use any sophisticated techniques or tools to break into the home. They did it the old fashion way, by smashing the front window of the home. It’s surprising to hear that because most burglars would go through the backyard where they would be less exposed to the neighbors.

Once the robbers gained entry inside, it led them into the home office. They raided the office room and two bedrooms where they then stole the two safes that contained multiple firearms. The victim of the burglary was a member of the Manatee Gun Club and told the police that he had no clue who would do such a thing.  The heavy-duty and hefty gun safe held 23 guns that valued at an estimated worth of $15,000. The smaller 50-pound safe that was attached securely on to the wall contained about $7,000 in cash, $3,000 in jewelry and coins and $3,000 in savings bonds. All in all, the total amount that was stolen in valuables was $28,000. That doesn’t even include the damages that were done to the home and the value of the safes.

The deputies went around the neighborhood asking if anyone had seen any suspicious activity in the area, but no one had seen anything. With that being said, the deputies don’t have any suspects or witnesses to go by. We hope that any evidence presents itself that can lead to these suspects. Any person or group of people that breaks into a home doesn’t have the greatest intentions. Even worse, the thieves stole a horde of firearms that could be an even greater threat when choosing their next home to burglarize. Although they took in a large amount of cash and jewelry, they will be coming back for more to target another innocent victim.

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