Feeling Insecure?

Maybe it's just because this is the first time in my life that I have lived in a larger metropolitan area, but I am feeling increasingly paranoid about my family's security.  We moved into a great neighborhood, and have both a retired and active police officer living on our street and another around the corner on an adjacent street, so i should feel pretty secure, right?  But I don't.  Perhaps I watch too much news, perhaps it is seeing that there was an armed home invasion in a gated community only a few blocks away from ours, perhaps it is being a new mom, perhaps it is just plain insanity.  Regardless of the reasons, the plain fact remains that I am not feeling as safe in my home as I would like.

So, what are possible solutions?  We have a dog, and she barks whenever anyone is close by that shouldn't be, but that's not enough.  So, what's a gal to do? Well, if you are me you research home security systems.  Alarm Systems East Syracuse provides a nice site with a lot of information on security systems, so maybe this is a good place to start.  There are so many different security systems, and I don't want to go crazy a' la Tim the Tool Man Taylor when he installed a massive security system for his family on the classic family show Tool Time.  But I do want something that will provide a warning to my family should we be home, and something that will hopefully provide a quick response from both the security company and the local authorities.