At Home
- Avoid confrontations with burglars.
- Lock all doors, even if you are at home.
- If you are leaving for vacation, make sure your house doesn’t look empty. Make it look like it is lived in. Activate timers for light switches, and order a temporary hold to newspaper and mail delivery, or ask a trusted neighbor or friend to pick up items delivered to your home daily.
Identity Theft
- Do not throw away papers that have your personal information on them without tearing or shredding them.
- Guard your mail from being stolen. Remove mail from your box shortly after it has been delivered.
Keep Kids Safe
- Warn children about “stranger danger”
- Know who your kids are talking to on social networks such as Facebook.
- Children should know their full name, address including city and state, and phone number including area code.
- Be sure children know how to call 911 and how to use a pay phone.
- Teach children to never accept rides or gifts from someone they don’t know.
- Teach children to go to a store clerk, security guard, or police officer for help if they are lost in a mall or store or on the street.
- Children should be accompanied to public rest rooms.
- Show children safe places they can go in your neighborhood in an emergency, like a trusted neighbor’s house.