I'm sorry for the bad experience. The violated feeling is much worse than than loss of possessions.

Personally, I like the idea of incorporating video surveillance into the equation. It's gotten affordable and allows the benefit of knowing that at least you can see who it was as an added benefit to the police.

But, keep in mind that by putting in the system that you have, you've helped to make yourself a tougher target...and that's a deterent. Even if you put in decoy video cameras, it's a message that says "we're prepared"...

I apologize if I've repeated stuff from other posts...it's late and haven't been able to read everything... but I know how you feel having suffered from several robberies 20 yrs ago. The feeling will pass...the key is learning to laugh if you can.