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A smart automated lock, one of the automated security features available from Westman Security & Automation. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
» Continued from Page 6 345 in 2017, The Brandon
Sun reported earlier this
While homeowners sign month.
a monthly contract for As of February, there had
monitoring, the equipment already been 41 break-ins
is owned by the client, Hos- reported, a similar trend to
sack said. previous years.
The cost of such security “There’s been a fair-
systems may well be worth ly progressive increase in a
it to protecting one’s home, lot of our property crimes,”
especially as Brandon and Deputy Chief Randy Lewis
area are seeing continued told The Sun. “They do oc-
growth. cur in just about every area
“Unfortunately, with of the city … there’s few ar-
Brandon ... and the meth eas that are 100 per cent free
crisis that we have going on of property crime.”
right now, you know, there’s He noted the increase
a spike in break-ins and in break-ins continues to
people are worried,” Hos- correlate with the amount
sack said. of methamphetamine and
The statistics back that other drugs present in the
up. community.
Break-ins to homes and “It’s for their own safety
businesses across the city and whatnot,” Hossack said
continue to rise, according of those who are installing
to the Brandon Police Ser- security systems. “It’s not
vice, with recent statistics even just a possession thing Collyer's Sales & Service
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