15 Habits That Tell Burglars Your Alarm Isn't Actually Armed
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Published Sep 21, 2026, 8:13 PM · 3w ago
Roy Callahan
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🔗 Everything I check on a house, room by room, written down: https://roycallahanbooks.com/
15 Habits That Tell Burglars Your Alarm Isn't Actually Armed
A yard sign that's been fading in the flower bed since a different president was in office. A keypad visible through a window, sitting dark at night. A dog that got the motion sensors switched off for good. None of it looks like a security risk from inside the house. From the sidewalk, it reads like an invitation.
Roy Callahan spent eighteen years installing home security systems and video doorbells, then consulted with local police departments reviewing break-in footage after the fact. In this video he walks through fifteen small, mostly invisible habits that tell a stranger outside whether your alarm is actually standing between him and your living room, or just a box on the wall nobody's looked at in months.
Most of these cost nothing to fix. A few take longer than thirty seconds. All of them are worth checking before you go to bed tonight.
Subscribe for the next breakdown on what your house has been telling the street without you noticing.
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- Published
- Sep 21, 2026, 8:13 PM
- Length
- 20:19 (1,219 s)
- Format
- Long-form
- Category
- People & Blogs
- Audio language
- EN
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- HD
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- vj0-F4yRnIk
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