After contacting your local police department and filing a burglary report, if the loss is large enough, file a claim with your home insurance company and then contact your home alarm company that monitors your installed alarm system.
The major, nationwide Home Alarm Security Companies offer an insurance policy for a covered burglary.
This benefit is overlooked when your signing up for the protection of your home with central office monitoring.
The small monthly charge for this added security protection is exactly like automobile insurance.
You pay the auto insurance company every year, and hope you never have to file a claim.
You should think about hone alarm security systems as insurance for your family protection, and hoping you will be safe and protected without ever having the alarm going off and getting the monitoring company to call the police.
The nationwide crime statistics show that burglar alarm systems really do work, and the small added expense to your monthly budget is one of the best way to add safety when cities all over the country are laying off policemen, cutting their overtime, and criminals are being release early from jail.
The added benefit besides the insurance check from the alarm company, is the 20% homeowner's insurance discount that all the major home insurance companies offer, because they know this added protection works.
Your whole neighborhood will know that your house takes your security seriously, and will be more likely to call the police if the see something strange happening around your house.
But if a burglar does happen, file your claims with your home insurance provider and then file a claim with the home alarm security company.