In winter, the dacha is not popular - the harvest has been harvested, all autumn work has been completed, so it's time to take care of the safety of your property. Indeed, according to statistics, it is in the winter months that dacha theft flourishes. It is possible to defend the dacha only by legal means, so as not to go to jail yourself.
Legal methods to protect the cottage
The most effective protection appears to be the prevention of an attempt on one's own household. The legislation of the Russian Federation allows the use of self-defense measures, focused on their property, and not only on the encroaching one.
An important nuance is that protection-oriented measures should not be initially aimed at intentionally causing harm to health or life (as an example, a summer resident sets traps in his area).
It is allowed to use harmless methods to help scare off thieves. The most popular and effective options include:
- Create the illusion that you live in the house during the winter. To do this, you can install special devices in the house that, after a certain time interval, turn on the radio and light. You can install devices that periodically include a recording of a lively conversation, etc.
- Connect a homemade mechanism to the door: when the thief opens the doors, he will be doused with cold water. Such a measure will not harm life and health. In law enforcement practice, there was a case when a thief got dirty in tar, and in the morning a police dog found him by smell.
- Leave warning signs on the site, for example, "Angry dog", etc.
- Hang up police "attributes" in prominent places, for example, caps, greatcoats and other government items. With this approach, the likelihood of theft is significantly reduced, since thieves are unlikely to want to risk and steal from a police officer.
Most often, gardening tools are stolen in the country - rakes, hoes, shovels, etc. On it you can make inscriptions - full name, or paint with indelible paints. Thieves with such inventory will have a lot of sales problems, so they will not want to mess with noticeable things.
Other legal options
You can use a special agreement, with the help of which the summer resident receives the protection of the dacha (for example, to install a radio security system).
Many are interested in whether it is possible to recover damage from SNT if the cottage was robbed? In fact, there is no law that would impose the obligation on the gardening partnership to ensure the safety of the plots. Therefore, it is pointless to make a claim.
However, citizens who are members of the partnership, at the general meeting, can decide to conclude an agreement with the security organization. In this case, the organization will already be liable to SNT if a robbery occurs. It is recommended that the contract be sure to prescribe material liability.
But this agreement costs money, and the total amount is quite large. Services will have to be paid for all members of the partnership.
A more economical way to protect yourself is to hire a watchman on the staff of the gardening partnership. But the problem is that it will not work to bring him to justice, since the rules of labor law apply to the watchman. And they say that the employee is liable only for the damage caused within the limits of his average wage. And on condition that it is possible to prove his guilt, for example, that during the period of the robbery, he slept, and did not go around the territory.
It will not be possible to conclude an agreement with the watchman on absolute financial responsibility, since the watchman is not registered in the government lists of jobs and positions for which such a document is allowed.
How to defend your dacha not to be prosecuted?
Of course, you want to protect your property. But not all methods are permitted by law, and in some cases imply criminal liability. It may seem unfair to summer residents, but such is the law.
Dachas are often robbed, and citizens do not always lose valuable property in the truest sense of the word, because often thieves do harm - they break, destroy and spoil. Summer residents, who have already been in the role of victims a couple of times, are desperately trying to protect their property - they install various devices aimed at preventing theft.
But it should be remembered that the law protects the health and life of all people without exception, including those who have broken the law. Therefore, the question arises about the protection of their property within the legal framework.
Prohibited methods of struggle:
- Installation of devices that are harmful to health. For example, one citizen who often left his dacha connected a wicket to an automatic device that would fire a shot during opening if it was not turned off. You can not set traps on your site, conduct electricity along the protective structure. In all these cases, the owner, and not the perpetrator, will be held liable, despite the fact that the latter had malicious intent.
- Poisonous foods. There was a case when summer residents put poison in cans with food. A thief climbed up to them, ate some food and died. In this case, criminal proceedings will be initiated against the owners of the dacha.
If it is possible to prove that the rat poison was in an ordinary container, it was not disguised as an edible product, then the owners will not be held liable.
Punishment for personal violence
Definitely, many people act impulsively when thieves are overtaken at their dacha. At this moment, the citizens are ruled by anger, as a result of which they take it out on the criminals.
However, it should be borne in mind that the infliction of beatings and bodily harm to the attacker must be within reasonable limits. It is forbidden to intentionally harm health, and even more so to try to kill.
There are examples when the owners of the dacha fired after thieves or caught intruders robbing their beds and threw themselves at them with a knife. This is unacceptable. These measures are possible only in a situation where the criminal first attacked the owner and tried to cause physical harm.
You cannot put a thief under lock and key as a punishment or beat up all SNT - these actions are illegal. Only the court has the right to establish responsibility. Therefore, protect your property only by legal means!
In the spring and summer, all dacha cooperatives are overcrowded with people: some grow vegetables and berries here, others just come for the weekend to take a break from the city bustle. Some even move for the whole summer from stuffy cities to cozy country houses, closer to nature. In a word, at this time of year, you should not worry about your summer cottage property and its safety.
However, with the arrival of winter, summer residents in batches bring a statement to the police about the theft. In the cold season, your dacha becomes a tasty and alluring object for petty thieves, drug addicts and other socially unreliable elements of society.
How to protect the dacha from burglary?
Let's consider several possible options.
Safe lock and powerful door
Many people solve this problem by installing reliable expensive castle... However, as practice shows, almost any lock can be opened without a key. Moreover, when the criminal has a huge amount of time for this (it is much more difficult to open the locks in the entrances of apartment buildings).
It is also not very advisable to put a powerful expensive door in the country. In addition, a criminal can easily enter a house through a window. Thus, this option cannot be called very reliable.
Installation of an alarm at a summer cottage
Signaling at the summer cottage will be effective only if the cooperative itself is located near the city. And the owner of the dacha himself, in this case, must be ready at any time to leave for his site. Another disadvantage of this option is the high cost of installing such an alarm. For this method to be appropriate, the consent of all (or almost all) members of the gardening partnership is required.
Hired security
Many summer residents "throw off" and hire the protection of their plots for the winter. Moreover, such hired security can be of two types: these are employees of a private security company, or a certain "Uncle Fedor" - a collective image of a typical grandfather-guard with a gang of aggressively-minded mongrels.
The outfit of the private security officers, of course, is a more reliable option, but this will require a considerable amount of money. Therefore, many dacha communities opt for "Uncle Fedor". True, such a guard is unlikely to be able to scare off an experienced group of seasoned thieves. Therefore, your dacha is unlikely to be safe.
Dog in the booth
A fairly reliable and effective protective method is to leave a dog at your summer cottage for the winter. Loud barking and angry mouth of a huge dog - that's what can really scare an intruder. 
But there is one notable drawback: such a watchman will have to be fed regularly. And this means that the owner will have to come to the dacha at least once every two days. Another aspect of this problem is how humane it is to leave your dog outside for the winter. After all, winters in our country are very harsh and frosty.
Self-defense forces
If the collective of summer residents is quite friendly and responsible, then you can try to organize the protection of the territory for the winter on your own. For example, you can draw up a duty schedule and go on patrols for a day for 3-4 people.
True, there are some nuances here too. Very often there are cases when such self-defense forces themselves become criminals. So, having caught a thief, summer residents, unknowingly, can come up with a kind of punishment for him (or just beat him a little), which goes against the current criminal code. Thus, the thief and burglar may be the victim, and the guard will be punished accordingly.
Having caught a thief on a hot one, you must immediately call the police and do not take any more action.
The illusion of presence
Many summer residents have learned from their own experience that the most effective means of protecting a summer residence from theft is to create the so-called “presence effect”.
So, you can leave the lights on on the veranda or in the courtyard on when leaving the dacha. In winter, it is sometimes necessary to come to the dacha to trample paths in the snow in the garden, to move some barrel or ladder in the garden from place to place. As a rule, robbers bypass those dachas where traces of their regular attendance are visible.
Original methods of protection
Finally, I would like to cite as an example several original, exotic ways to protect a summer residence from theft.
So, for example, some summer residents dig and camouflage impressive pits right behind the entrance to the site. Others - hang on the house "false" entrance doors, which simply cannot be knocked out a priori.
Another resourceful summer resident came up with
an unusual method: in late autumn, leaving his site for the long winter, he hangs a very convincing-looking dummy of a human body on the veranda. Hardly any of the robbers would want to sneak into the house with the gallows. And, of course, not a single thief will call the police to the place of the alleged "suicide".
Conclusion
Well, we offer you autonomous alarm sirens, which, when a stranger is detected at the facility, turn on a powerful sound siren. The sound of a siren can not only scare off a burglar, but also attract the attention of neighbors.
Country houses are among those objects that are visited by their owners from time to time - rarely who permanently resides in the country. Given this, the dacha quite often comes under the scrutiny of thieves, and especially when there are many valuable things on it. It doesn't have to be jewelry and money - dacha thieves are often interested in various household appliances, expensive gardening tools, tools and various household equipment. Therefore, it is natural that every owner of a summer cottage has a question about how to protect the cottage from thieves.
Today on the consumer market there are many different systems and security systems that will provide a high level of protection for summer cottages and minimize the likelihood of theft of valuables. Let's analyze the main ones and consider how these security devices and systems function.
CCTV alarm
Security complexes, which include video surveillance equipment, are very popular among many owners of summer cottages. With their help, you can protect your property not only by determining the moment of penetration into the dacha or burglary, but also to record all these events on photo and video. Such systems usually include:
- central control unit for alarm operation;
- sensitive sensors and sensors;
- high-definition digital video cameras;
- device for recording photo and video;
- photo / video transmission system to the security console or to the owner of the cottage.
An alarm for a summer house with video surveillance can be used in several security modes, which depend on the functionality of such equipment and its design. Among the main modes are the following:
- video recording starts at the moment one of the security sensors is triggered, which complements the video surveillance system;
- the recording is carried out at the set time, in accordance with the settings entered during the programming of the electronic unit;
- continuous video recording, which is carried out around the clock.
An alarm for a summer cottage with a camera can, in real time, transfer the captured video and photo to the security console (if there is one), record it on a built-in or external drive (for example, an SD card), transfer it to the owner of the cottage on some of his electronic devices ... Video transmission to the security console is carried out via a cable network, and information is sent to the owner using cellular communication. Often, a video or photo is sent as MMS to a mobile device.
Panel alarm
The remote control of the summer cottage is one of the most effective means of protection. It provides for the installation of special equipment at the summer cottage, which will record penetration and burglary, as well as send an alarm signal to the electronic consoles of specialized companies that provide security services for private houses.
Traditional console security at home includes:
- electronic module for receiving and transmitting signals;
- functional sensors: motion, door / window opening, vibration sensors, sound sensors, etc. (according to the method of communication with the electronic alarm unit, the sensors can be wired or wireless);
- mounting kit.
When a security sensor is triggered in one of the monitored zones, a signal is sent to the electronic module, which in turn transmits information about the danger to the central control panel of the security service. After that, a team of professionals leaves the facility to protect the owner from robbery of the dacha, and can also detain the robbers.
Autonomous suburban alarm is one of the cheapest options for protecting your suburban area. The operation of this system lies in the fact that when entering the dacha, this fact is recorded by one of the security sensors, as a result of which the electronic unit generates signals that trigger sound and light executive systems.
This type of street signaling for a summer residence has a psychological effect on thieves in order to scare them away, and also allows you to attract the attention of neighbors and passers-by. The main disadvantage of such a system is its vulnerability and low efficiency, especially if the country house is located in a rather remote place.
GSM security systems
They are new security complexes that possess all the functions of the systems listed above, to which the ability to transmit alarm signals to the owner and security services using cellular communication is added.
One of the simplest options for such systems is the MT9021 dacha SMS alarm. This equipment belongs to autonomous devices that include a motion sensor, a temperature sensor and a special GSM adapter for sending SMS messages if an object is intruded.
The MT9021 alarm is a completely autonomous device that can operate from a built-in power source for up to 9 months. Using such systems, the owner of the dacha can receive alarms anywhere in the world where the availability of cellular communications offered by the selected mobile operator is maintained.
Alarm with SMS notification for giving other, more functional models, allows you to support the connection of a large number of security and functional sensors, video cameras, external executive systems, etc. This will provide an opportunity to form multifunctional security systems that can effectively resist modern robbers.
conclusions
As you can see, there are many different ways to protect your property.
"Note!
In order to correctly determine the option of how to secure the dacha from thieves, one should draw up a diagram of its most vulnerable spots and choose a way to control them. "
Depending on this, you can select devices and equipment that a summer cottage alarm should have. And naturally, when choosing security systems, financial opportunities will also play a role. The more functions, various sensors and devices the alarm has, the higher its price level will be. In addition, when using remote control alarms, you will have to pay a monthly fee for the services of a security company.
New Year's holidays is a time of vacations and a time of special activity for those who like to appropriate someone else's property. If there is no desire to become a client of a gang of thieves, then you should worry about protecting your own property.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs , half of all registered crimes (50.6%) are theft of other people's property, committed by: theft - 553.0 thousand (-5.8%), fraud - 158.7 thousand (-2.2%), robbery - 38.0 thousand (-12.9%), robbery - 5.4 thousand (-19.2%). Every fourth theft (25.1%), every twenty-third robbery (4.4%) and every ninth robbery (10.7%) were associated with illegal entry into dwellings, premises or other storage facilities.
Every thirty-eighth (2.6%) registered crime is burglary.
According to detectives, the methods of entering apartments practically do not change. You can get inside through the window, opening the lock mechanism or knocking out the lock cylinder, etc.
But planning a robbery for a thief has become much easier, and the methods of monitoring an object have improved. Property owners quite often attract hooligans to their apartment or house by publishing their own plans for the upcoming trip on social networks. Law enforcement officials warn that such actions are fraught with consequences, because such information becomes known not only to friends, but also to attackers who dream of making money.
Therefore, if you decide to leave the city for the New Year holidays, do not rush to report this joyful event on social networks. Thus, you will protect your own home from the penetration of apartment thieves. Also, you should not publish posts about buying expensive household appliances, antiques. On the forums, you do not need to lay out the plan of the apartment, talk about which doors are in the dwelling and what locks they are equipped with.
The best way to protect your apartment from thieves is to use technical means such as:
- video monitoring;
- the "Smart Home" system with a timer that simulates the presence of people in the apartment;
- safe doors and window bars;
- alarm devices;
- alarm + contract with a security company.
Let's carry out an easy comparative analysis of each protection method.
Video monitoring
Installing a video surveillance system can help prevent a criminal from committing illegal actions, protect property from fire, flood. After all, it will allow you to contact the police in a timely manner or contact your neighbors, relatives. And in order not to follow them constantly, it is enough to configure the built-in notification function (push to a smartphone or email with a freeze frame of the event). In addition, CCTV cameras provide the necessary evidence base. With their help, you can determine the identity of the robber. CCTV cameras can be considered the most reliable technical means of real estate protection. On a five-point scale, they can be given five points. And the possibility of self-installation of equipment and the absence of a monthly fee makes them in demand among buyers. The cost of the kit starts on average from 10,000 rubles.
Smart Home system
The device can be programmed for a specific time of the day. A special timer simulates the presence of people in the house, for example, turning the lights on and off. According to the degree of reliability of this system, you can put three points on a five-point scale. The cheapest timer will cost about 500 rubles.
Alarm + contract with a security company
Along with video surveillance, this method of protecting a house is considered the most effective and reliable - 5 points on a five-point scale. The cost of a set of equipment is 10 thousand rubles or more. The amount of the subscription fee and the cost of installation and maintenance of equipment will depend on the prices of the security company.
Alarm devices
The number of security systems of this type may include a device that turns on a sound signal when a door is broken and sensors that send an alert to the owner of the property on the phone. The cost of such devices is from 2000 rubles. In terms of the degree of reliability and protection from intruders, the alarm device can be given three points on a five-point scale.
Safe Doors
In addition to standard locks, additional locks should be installed on the doors. The price of the lock varies between 1,000 and 30,000 rubles, and the simplest safe doors are sold from 10-15 thousand rubles.
Thus, the most effective way to protect housing from theft, burglary and robbery is an integrated approach - the installation of video surveillance systems together with an alarm + an agreement with a security company. Cameras will record indoor smoke, flood, and thanks to online access, you can promptly notify the relevant authorities, call neighbors and ask for help. In the event of illegal actions of third parties, the video will help prove the guilt of the attackers, identify their identity.
In order for the video surveillance system to work without interruption, you should worry about the correct choice of cameras, their installation, and an uninterruptible power supply. The equipment should produce a high-quality picture even in poor lighting, only then can you be sure of the maximum protection of the apartment from thieves and calmly leave the house for the New Year holidays. And with and, you can do all this with your own hands, without resorting to the services of often imaginary specialists.