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Andy Murphy

May 11
5 min

How to Make a Craigslist Exchange

Learn how to safely make a Craigslist exchange.

Andy Murphy

Apr 16
2 min

Signs a Burglar is Casing Your House

Five Signs your House is Being Cased by a Burglar Do burglars leave signs of casing your home to being broken into? In some cases yes. If...

Andy Murphy

Apr 5
5 min

How to Place a Blink Camera

One of the coolest security cameras on the market today are Blink cameras. Currently, there are two types, indoor and outdoor with a video d

Andy Murphy

Apr 1
2 min

How to Protect Your Family from a Home Invasion

The best way to approach protecting your family from a home invasion is by instituting a layered home defense strategy: Discipline, Deter, F

Andy Murphy

Aug 31, 2019
2 min

Family Hurricane Preparedness Checklist

Hurricanes are no joke. Trust me, I've lived through my share of them. Some have been category 5s others just 1s. Regardless you of the

Andy Murphy

Sep 4, 2018
4 min

How to Survive a Workplace Shooting Part 2

In the first part of our series, How to Survive a Workplace Shooting, we focused on reacting quickly to gun shots and knowing where to run.

Andy Murphy

Sep 4, 2018
5 min

How to Survive a Workplace Shooting

Hopefully you will never find yourself in a situation where you are fleeing from a gunman at your office. If you do, understand that you won

Andy Murphy

Aug 21, 2018
3 min

What to Say When You Call 911

Not long ago I wrote about trouble I had calling 911. I ended up talking to four operators and being hung up on. It happens, we’re all human

Andy Murphy

Aug 7, 2018
2 min

The Hidden Danger of First Day of School Signs

A popular trend for the first day of school is to snap a photo of your kid before they go off on their first day of their new grade. We make

Andy Murphy

Jul 17, 2018
4 min

911 Isn't Magic

You never know when you’re going to have to call 911. That’s exactly what happened to me one morning. My son and I were in the car on our wa

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