"home false sense of security" :P

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That is awesome, we have the garage door sensor and my wife gets notifications when the garage door is left open.

So a BUNCH of cars, ie 15+, were "broken into" in our neighborhood (ie pretty much all of them were unlocked :roll: ) and one of our cul de sac neighbors actually had their car stolen (left their keys in it :roll: :roll: :roll: ). I keep our cars in the garage instead of filling our garage full of junk, so we were fine and everyone whose vehicles were locked were also mostly fine. My neighbor had some cameras set up and caught four guys going house to house just testing door handles. It appears it's a well-coordinated ring because a lot of south Charlotte / SC neighborhoods have been hit recently. We're in a great area but I learned that you never let your guard down ever, no matter where you are. That's free money for bad guys when people become complacent.

Anyway, my neighbor's video footage may help them catch these guys. This has definitely helped speed up my timeline to get a camera system installed. The more of us that have cameras the better odds we have of getting good IDs of bad guys. Plus with my travel schedule picking up it looks like this year it gives me a lot of peace of mind when I'm away and Rachael is home. I'm going to call Frontpoint tonight / tomorrow to see if they have any other options other than the camera on their site, ie can I shop around and get another wireless camera that has a better field of vision and potentially still integrates with Alarm.com. I'll have to call an electrician / handyman to add some wiring to the soffits in the front and rear where I want to put them (near the floodlights might work) and may also add the doorbell camera for full front coverage. I figure I'm going to drop some $ in equipment install and monitoring but it's money well spent.