You are never going to stop the smart thieves, fortunatley most of them are not too bright.
If they were they would get a real job and make something of themselves.
At my parent's place for the shop windows I cut pieces of expanded metal and placed them on the inside of the windows with nothing more than gravity holding them in place.
If someone is going to smash out the window to see how well the metal is secured then likley they have come prepared to cut the metal as well.
It has been that way for over 30 years with no problems.
About 5 years ago the police were out at their place after an attempted break in at the house, walking around the officer commented on how well secured the shop was, visually from the outside there was no way to know the expanded metal was held in place with nothing.
In my shop there is a trip wire on the door, if you walk in without shutting it off first it triggers a switch that sends 12 volts from a battery to open an air solenoid which sends 120 psi from my 80 gallon compressor tank to a 3 foot long air horn from a highway truck.
The horn is mounted 6 feet up on the wall and is pointed at the door, when it goes off it makes your flesh vibrate
[It is loud enough at the door that sudden unexpected release of bodily fluids would be in order]
Once triggered closing the door will not turn it off and it is not dependant on the utility power being on.
The horn can be heard clearly in the house with all the windows shut, as well as in the neighbor's yard haf a mile away.
As far as car alarms go most of these snot nosed little bas...ds have a buddy that works at a stereo shop that installs alarms and knows how to defeat them.
Our vehicles all have a simple toggle switch that must be turned on in addition to the ignition in order for the engine to be started, real simple two wire switch hooked up to open power to ign, computer or fuel pump.
If you want to get fancy you can wire in a relay so the engine will not crank unless you step on the brake, turn on the radio, dome lght, power window switch etc the options are endless but the main thing is you are creating a hurdle that can not be quickly overcome even by a knowledgeable individual.
Best we can do is make it harder for them, beyond that we buy insurance.
Tools and equipment don't come cheap but they can all be replaced.
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