SAUSALITO, Calif.

Sausalito Police are warning homeowners their security systems may not be as secure as they think. A burglary Sunday afternoon on Cloud View Road exposed a weak link in the communication systems of some security companies.

The home that was burglarized had a home security system, but the burglar or burglars were able access the utility box outside the home and unplug the phone jack for the security system, without the security company being aware the system was disabled.

Sausalito Police Officer Nick White investigated the burglary and contacted the security company to find out what time the burglary occurred.

"And they told me there was no record of it, and they don't keep records of the hard line disconnects," said White. "I was very surprised and I was more surprised they didn't have a record at all, or a time stamp of when the disconnection would have occurred."

Police aren't revealing the name of the security company while officers investigate the crime.

"The fact that an alarm can be disarmed from the outside and not notify the police station or not notify the protection company is something I think we all have to be aware of," said Cloud View Road resident, Mark Grace. "I actually did have a small break-in and fortunately my alarm did go off. It actually scared the perpetrator out of the house right away, so I was glad that I did have an alarm."

However, Grace said burglaries have been on the rise in his neighborhood, and homeowners have been having meetings about it.

The street is lined with "Neighborhood Watch", "Video Surveillance", and various home security company signs. "I'm not feeling very secure right now," said Grace, who is moving to Mill Valley, and already considering his home security system there.

Police say they want homeowners to know how the recent burglary happened to they can arm themselves with information by asking their utility and security companies how secure their utility boxes and security systems are, and consider a wireless security system if it works for their households.

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Publication Date : 15-07-2014

The home ministry has given security forces the go-ahead to shoot when faced with intruders encroaching into Malaysian waters and deemed a threat to national security, overriding a statement by the Attorney-General earlier.

Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that if only shooting could stop intruders, the shooting was justified.

The government has no problem with the shooting order if intruders try to enter the country, he said when commenting on a request by Navy chief Abdul Aziz Jaafar.

Earlier in the day, Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail had rejected the Navy chiefs suggestion, saying that Malaysia is not a military state.

Adm Abdul Aziz had urged the government to issue the orders following another intrusion at the resort in Mabul Island, Semporna, Sabah, where a marine policeman was killed and another kidnapped two days ago.

Dr Ahmad Zahid also promised more changes to Esscom, the security force in charge of the eastern Sabah once police take over its operations today.

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Ken Hall installed a small security camera in his home when his daughter Gracie was born.

"It's nice to have that sense of comfort, the sense of security to know that at any time during the day I can peek in and see what's going on, making sure that everything's good," he said.

All he has to do is open the app on his smartphone, and he can see and hear his family and friends. He admits it took a little time for his wife to adjust to always being on camera when she's at home.

"In the beginning it was a little strange, but think she's become used to it," he said.

Privacy Attorney Sarah Downey said the explosion of these surveillance devices on the market is a concern.

"Surveillance is everywhere. It's on the streets, it's on our computers, so the home is really the last safe zone and with many of these home surveillance devices, even that sanctity is in trouble," she said.

Downey said she believes security cameras can serve a useful purpose, but will force us to face some interesting etiquette issues.

"You can use it for children. You can use it as a baby monitor. You can keep an eye on pets. But, you can also know in extreme detail what your guests are doing, your adult guests, and that's something that they probably wouldn't expect," she said. "So that's a really huge change for society and for our culture and it's going to have a major, major impact."

Russell Ure heads up bBacksumac, the maker of some of these cameras. He sees these smaller monitoring systems as more than security. He says they're portholes of sorts into our homes.

"It's sort of a new notion of being a family public space inside your home. So this is not, this is not a space that is public to everybody, but it's public to a close member of your family," he said.

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