- Two home invasions reported in Ajax and Pickering
- Durham Regional Police are actively searching for suspects
- Incidents occurred in the GTA (Durham Region)
Durham Regional Police are investigating two home invasions in the Ajax and Pickering area. Home invasions—forced entry during occupied hours—represent a particularly urgent vulnerability for residential properties in Durham Region. Front-door and entry-point forced entry remains the most common vector in the GTA; intruders typically exploit weak strike plates, hollow-core frames, and single-point deadbolts that yield to shoulder or kick pressure within seconds. Door fortification using heavy-gauge strike-plate reinforcement, structural-screw frame anchoring, and multi-point lock geometry significantly resists forced entry and adds critical delay. Layered protection—combining door reinforcement with security window film on adjacent sidelights and accessible windows—denies the intruder a quick secondary entry if the primary door resists. Physical delay is the core defence: every second of resistance buys time for occupants to call police, activate alarms, or move to a safe room. In a home-invasion scenario, those seconds can mean the difference between a failed attempt and a completed crime.
How Pickering typically gets hit.
Pickering residential — see /service-areas/durham for East GTA coverage.
- 01Install a reinforced strike plate with 3-inch structural screws into the door frame; test by pushing hard on the door edge to confirm frame rigidity.
- 02Trim bushes and trees near entry doors to eliminate hiding spots and improve sightlines from the street and neighbouring properties.
- 03Ensure exterior lighting covers all entry points and activates at dusk; motion-sensor lights deter approach and alert occupants to activity.
Door Fortification
The ARX Guard door fortification system reinforces where standard residential doors actually fail under kick force: the strike, the jamb, and the hinge side. We swap the factory strike for a heavy-gauge plate anchored with structural screws into the wall framing, replace the lock with the multi-point ARX hockey-stick locking system, and reinforce both hinge and lock-side jambs. Tested in our Oakville facility to absorb repeated impact loads that split standard door assemblies on the first strike. Compatible with smart locks, keypad locks, and fire-rated doors.
Security Window Film
XPEL Prime XR Security film is bonded to the interior face of existing glass. When the pane is struck, the film holds the shattered shards together — turning the typical 2-second smash-and-reach into a sustained forced-entry attempt against a glass surface that no longer separates. Optically clear, blocks more than 99% UV, compatible with tempered, laminated, single-pane and double-pane residential glass. Installed in a single day for most homes; backed by a 10-year manufacturer warranty plus a Clear Guard workmanship warranty on the install.
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