Home & Safe Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:07:32 -0700 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2639347 en-us © 2026 Home & Safe yes e6a294c6-e8d8-5db3-80c8-464930a4c008 Deluxe CCTV episodic false Everyone deserves to feel safe where they live.

 

Home & Safe is a show about how you actually get there. If you own a house, rent an apartment, run a shop, or are just tired of wondering whether that package will still be on the porch when you get home, this is for you. 


 One clear question per episode, answered in plain language. Because feeling safe at home isn't a luxury, and it shouldn't take an expert to arrange it. 


Brought to you by Deluxe CCTV. 

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Deluxe CCTV https://storage.buzzsprout.com/iwpdxj5eokc7jwq8jcytoq8juc70?.jpg Home & Safe https://www.buzzsprout.com/2639347 What Actually Stops a Break-In? What Actually Stops a Break-In? Somebody is standing on a sidewalk on a Tuesday afternoon, looking at two houses. In about forty seconds he'll pick one and walk away from the other. This episode is about what he's actually looking at — not what the security industry thinks he's looking at.

Researchers at UNC Charlotte surveyed 422 incarcerated burglars across North Carolina, Kentucky and Ohio and asked them directly how they chose houses and what made them walk away. Their answers are the most useful thing we've read on this subject, and almost nobody has seen them.

Host Mackenzie walks through what the research says in order of what it costs — which means the first several things are free, and the one we'd rank first we don't sell at all.

In this episode:

  • Why burglary in America has fallen by two-thirds since 2005, and why you don't feel like it has
  • The number that reframes everything: fewer than one in six property crimes ends in an arrest
  • Why the useful question isn't how do I catch someone — it's how do I not get chosen
  • The five findings from the burglar survey, including what they actually check before committing
  • Lock picking is a movie thing: seven in eight forced a door or walked through an open one
  • Deterrence vs. evidence — the same camera bought for two different jobs, and why the beautiful wide shot of your front yard is nearly useless
  • The sign without the system: what a bluff buys you
  • The 13 percent who said nothing would stop them, and why we're telling you about them
  • A free half-hour exercise: stand on your own sidewalk and look at your house the way he would. Then do it again after dark.

Home & Safe is from Deluxe CCTV — the practical side of keeping a home, and the people in it, safe. deluxecctv.com

]]> Somebody is standing on a sidewalk on a Tuesday afternoon, looking at two houses. In about forty seconds he'll pick one and walk away from the other. This episode is about what he's actually looking at — not what the security industry thinks he's looking at.

Researchers at UNC Charlotte surveyed 422 incarcerated burglars across North Carolina, Kentucky and Ohio and asked them directly how they chose houses and what made them walk away. Their answers are the most useful thing we've read on this subject, and almost nobody has seen them.

Host Mackenzie walks through what the research says in order of what it costs — which means the first several things are free, and the one we'd rank first we don't sell at all.

In this episode:

  • Why burglary in America has fallen by two-thirds since 2005, and why you don't feel like it has
  • The number that reframes everything: fewer than one in six property crimes ends in an arrest
  • Why the useful question isn't how do I catch someone — it's how do I not get chosen
  • The five findings from the burglar survey, including what they actually check before committing
  • Lock picking is a movie thing: seven in eight forced a door or walked through an open one
  • Deterrence vs. evidence — the same camera bought for two different jobs, and why the beautiful wide shot of your front yard is nearly useless
  • The sign without the system: what a bluff buys you
  • The 13 percent who said nothing would stop them, and why we're telling you about them
  • A free half-hour exercise: stand on your own sidewalk and look at your house the way he would. Then do it again after dark.

Home & Safe is from Deluxe CCTV — the practical side of keeping a home, and the people in it, safe. deluxecctv.com

]]> Deluxe CCTV Buzzsprout-19714183 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:00:00 -0700 908 2 full false Is Your Kid Ready to Be Home Alone? Is Your Kid Ready to Be Home Alone? It's 3:12 on a Tuesday in late August. Your sixth grader is coming up the driveway with her own key, and nobody else is home for another two and a half hours. For 7.7 million American kids, that's just what an afternoon looks like.

In the first episode of Home Safe, host Mackenzie takes the after-school plan most families improvise in four minutes on a Sunday night and rebuilds it on purpose — without the hand-wringing.

Covered in this episode:

  • Why there's no legal age that answers "is my kid ready" — and what HHS and Safe Sitter look at instead
  • The three readiness buckets: your child, the circumstances, the safety skills
  • Five house rules that actually matter, including the phone script and the delivery-driver problem
  • The number most parents don't have programmed
  • How a smart lock and one entry camera answer the only question you're really asking between 3:00 and 3:20 — and why every setup should be shown to the kids on purpose, out in the open
  • A realistic two-week rollout, plus why the readiness answer moves again by October

Sources named throughout: Afterschool Alliance's America After 3 PM, the Child Welfare Information Gateway (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services), Safe Sitter, and Illinois's parent resource.

Home Safe is from Deluxe CCTV — the practical side of keeping a home and the people in it safe. deluxecctv.com

]]> It's 3:12 on a Tuesday in late August. Your sixth grader is coming up the driveway with her own key, and nobody else is home for another two and a half hours. For 7.7 million American kids, that's just what an afternoon looks like.

In the first episode of Home Safe, host Mackenzie takes the after-school plan most families improvise in four minutes on a Sunday night and rebuilds it on purpose — without the hand-wringing.

Covered in this episode:

  • Why there's no legal age that answers "is my kid ready" — and what HHS and Safe Sitter look at instead
  • The three readiness buckets: your child, the circumstances, the safety skills
  • Five house rules that actually matter, including the phone script and the delivery-driver problem
  • The number most parents don't have programmed
  • How a smart lock and one entry camera answer the only question you're really asking between 3:00 and 3:20 — and why every setup should be shown to the kids on purpose, out in the open
  • A realistic two-week rollout, plus why the readiness answer moves again by October

Sources named throughout: Afterschool Alliance's America After 3 PM, the Child Welfare Information Gateway (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services), Safe Sitter, and Illinois's parent resource.

Home Safe is from Deluxe CCTV — the practical side of keeping a home and the people in it safe. deluxecctv.com

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