Door latch protector system and spacer

A door latch protector system for protecting a latch of an outswinging door mounted in a door frame and allowing adjustment of a latch protector plate in a direction transverse to the plane of the door, comprising:

• a latch protector plate including a door overlapping portion and a frame overlapping portion, the door overlapping portion having a first planar surface configured to contact the exterior door surface in an installed configuration, the frame overlapping portion configured to overlap a portion of the door frame;
• at least one spacer plate configured to be positioned between the door overlapping portion and the exterior door surface of the door to allow adjustment of a position of the latch protector plate relative to the plane of the door and thereby spacing the frame overlapping portion away from the door frame by a spacer distance equal to a thickness of the at least one spacer plate, the at least one spacer plate including opposed first and second planar spacer surfaces, the first planar surface configured to contact the first planar surface of the latch protector plate in the installed configuration, the second planar surface configured to contact the exterior door surface, and wherein the at least one spacer plate has an external peripheral profile matching a corresponding external profile of the door overlapping portion of the latch protector plate to eliminate gaps between said corresponding external profile of the door overlapping portion allowing the introduction of burglary tools.