Jeez, Benjammin- any thief who put in that kind of work (stopping by every morning @ 4:00 a.m. for a week) could take everything I own and still have made less than minimum wage for his troubles! A lot of work for the money!

Well, there is the possibility of being targeted individually by a stalker, jilted lover, disgruntled ex-employee, revenge seeker, obsessed psychopath, etc. This is far more dangerous to you than either a burglar or a home invader seeking cash, drugs and property, and is just the sort of situation where the criminal may invest a week or more setting up his crime.

The name of the game in home security is the "5D's," deter, detect, delay, defend, defeat. Make the bad guy not want to try his luck breaking in, be aware of it if he tries, slow him down and complicate his task when he does, giving you time to call for help and get ready to protect yourself and your family if he succeeds, and being able to do so effectively. But about 90% of winning this game is deterrence, because the best defense is simply causing the bad guy, when contemplating his next break-in, to not pick you and to move on. You really don't want to ever get past that first "D," because that's when Really Bad Things start to happen.

I understand. Some thieves are smart enough to case a target before trying them out. That is, qualify them as a worthy enough asset to make it worth their trouble. Dumb crooks are frequent, but for the ones who know their stuff, they can be a real problem for someone with enough material assets at hand.

It pays not to advertise. Career thieves don't target poor people much. Stupid ones do, though, and they get caught. Again, you can't fix stupid.

From what I understand, most targeted theft is done by people you know and have access to your stuff. Security, cook, gardner, etc. All the security measures in the world won't protect you against someone you trust. Just a thought.

Those and then the ones where people go door to door. We had one of those in our neighborhood just this week, someone was going down the street checking for unlocked car doors and the ones that were left unlocked they searched inside for anything they could take.
Previous neighborhood they did similar but popped windows, doors locked or not. They tossed half the stuff they took, we found it in the street.

Be interesting to have the cops pull up into the driveway where a disturbance call was made, and find a guy or two face down, hog tied with zip-ties, and a man with a cell phone in his hand waving to the patrolmen (the wife conveniently stowing the shotgun back in the house just before the cops pull up). Oh, one can dream...

I'm more of a connect a coil to the door handles type of guy. Co-worker was acting like he was going to let air out of tires at work so later in the day I walked up to his desk and handed him a bolt while twirling my ratchet/socket. Made him worry for a while.

That's the spirit!

Take a look at this product:

Residential Security Door

While I doubt it would defeat any Fire Department, it may challenge the average home invader, if you feel like spending the money.

Pete

With a door that expensive, if I move, I'm taking the door with me!