| <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in | | | | its metropolitan area, which includes Tempe. The |
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| People in Arizona love to say "Mi casa es su casa," or | | | | for the most part, which means that no one is safe |
| "My house is your house," when they invite guests | | | | from the threat of being kidnapped. The violent |
| over, but that phrase has been used less and less in | | | | criminals that are carrying out these crimes are often |
| recent years. Residents of Arizona have become less | | | | armed and dangerous, and have ties to drug cartels in |
| welcoming towards strangers, their neighbors, and their | | | | Mexico. They're interested in kidnapping strangers to |
| acquaintances because crime rates have really risen in | | | | try to extort ransom money from their loved ones, |
| recent years. The growing crime wave has created | | | | which is why it's so important to take good home |
| an environment full of fear that leaves Arizona | | | | security measures that can help alert private |
| residents looking for ways to increase their home | | | | authorities to the danger at hand as it unfolds. |
| security and overall safety. | | | | |
| | | | | As more people in Arizona start to install home alarms, |
| In recent years, it's become clear that the Arizona | | | | the state believes crime rates will go down. |
| state police and the police in local communities do not | | | | Kidnappers will be afraid to break into houses that are |
| have the resources to effectively stop the crimes | | | | protected by alarms because they don't want to get |
| being committed in their communities. The problem has | | | | caught and wind up in prison. So homeowners who |
| grown even worse as the economy has plunged into | | | | have installed alarms are encouraged to place stickers |
| a recession and tax revenues have shrunk. States | | | | near their doors and windows that indicate that their |
| across the country have had to reduce their budget | | | | house is guarded by an alarm. If criminals are dumb |
| by cutting back on public services everywhere, and in | | | | enough to break into a house that is protected by an |
| Arizona, those cutbacks have affected the police | | | | alarm, the private security forces will be able to |
| departments as well. As a result, many of the state's | | | | respond quickly in order to collaborate with the police |
| residents have started looking towards private security | | | | and to apprehend the criminals before they can harm |
| firms for added protection. One of the most important | | | | innocent people. In times like these, it has become |
| ways that Arizona residents can increase their safety | | | | increasingly clear that everyone in Arizona should |
| is by purchasing a home alarm system. | | | | protect themselves with a home alarm system in |
| | | | | order to make sure Arizonan children and families |
| Arizona has become the kidnapping capital of the | | | | remain safe from harm. If every Arizonan would start |
| country over the past few years, and things have | | | | taking personal control over the safety of their home, |
| gotten so bad that Mexico City is the only place in the | | | | the state could very quickly become a much safer |
| world with more kidnappings than Arizona. Things have | | | | place to live. |
| gotten particularly bad in urban places like Phoenix and | | | | |