Home Security Checklist

Exclusively for the American-Russian Arizona
Use this as a guide as you check your home for safety measures. "No" indicates areas where you could take actions to improve your home's security.
Exterior Doors
-All doors are locked at night and every time we leave the house.
-Doors are solid hardwood or metal-clad.
-Doors feature wide-angle peepholes at heights everyone can use.
-If there are glass panels in or near our doors, they are reinforced in some way so that they cannot be shattered.
-All entryways have a working, keyed entry lock and sturdy deadbolt lock installed into the frame of the door.
-Spare keys are kept with a trusted neighbor, not under a doormat or planter, on a ledge, or in the mailbox.
Garage and Sliding Door Security
-The door leading from the attached garage to the house is solid wood or metal-clad and protected with a quality keyed door lock and deadbolt.
-The overhead garage door has a lock so that we do not rely solely on the automatic door opener to provide security.
-Garage doors are locked when leaving the house.
-The sliding glass door has strong, working key locks.
-A dowel or a pin to secure a glass door has been installed to prevent the door from being shoved aside or lifted off the track.
-The sliding door is locked every night and each time we leave the house.