Archive for September, 2011
Street Smart Crime Prevention
Awareness
The first step in crime prevention is to develop an awareness and presence of mind to spot potential dangers in advance and take steps to avoid them. Naturally, the degree of alertness you should employ depends on your environment. At home, the workplace and friend’s homes you can of course drop your guard, however, when traveling or when out in public your guard should be up.
When out in strange surroundings, stay alert, walk with a purpose, and be attentive to your surroundings. If you feel suspicious of the area or people around you prepare yourself mentally for an attack. Think of a plan of action you would follow if you were to be attacked. Consider where you could run to for help such as the nearest police station, retail shop or restaurant.
When entering a public area, do a quick scan of your surroundings for possible trouble. Make a mental note of anyone too loud and obnoxious, the drunks, and the brooding loners. Note exits, cull-de-sacks, and always sit facing the entrance.
Posture Another component of awareness and deterrent is posture. Your posture is part of your body language. Good posture and a solid fluid walk communicate to people around you a sense of confidence and strength. Criminals often target victims that appear weak and easy to intimidate. Consciously or instinctively, they tend to choose people whose body language communicates a weak and vulnerable disposition. Good posture sends out signals that indicate strength, confidence, and awareness, thereby helping to prevent an attack. Most criminals would think twice about attacking someone with such a confident posture and would simply wait for a more suitable victim to come by. Read the rest of this entry »
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Protect Yourself – Crime Prevention TIPS You Should Always Remember
These 10 simple tips that are the most overlooked in our day to day lives. A lot of people are taken advantage of simply because they get too comfortable and don’t remember some of the most basic rules in the book.
TEN TIPS FOR AVOIDING CRIME
1. Always be Alert!
Keep your head on a swivel. Be aware of your surroundings.
2. Change Your Routine Every So Often
Doing the same thing everyday makes you predictable and makes you a more likely target.
3. Lock It!
Home, car, office – locks are your first line of defense. Locks makes them work a little harder
4. Make Your Home A Tough Target
Use floodlights, motion sensors, a security system or a deadbolt. Crooks hate hard work!
5. Be one step ahead of Car-jackers
Keep windows/doors locked, check mirrors and blind spot when stopped. Stay one to one and a half lengths away from the car ahead of you for room to maneuver.
Sound your horn and flash your lights if you think you’re being approached by a car-jacker. Be aware of suspicious people crossing behind you or coming up to your car.
6. Don’t be a Car Theft Victim Read the rest of this entry »
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Entry Point Crime Prevention
Burglars often watch houses to find routine schedules. For example if you leave windows open day or night, when you come and go and if the neighbors are observant. When leaving even on a short errands make sure to lock all windows and doors.
Screw on stops or steel rods are great ways to allow windows to remain open for ventilation and still keep security from entry possible. If you have an alarm system having 2 connections on each window, 1 at the close position and 1 about 6 inches up will give you security and ventilation as well.
To prevent burglars from smashing glass to gain entry all glass should be laminated in all exterior doors, sliding glass doors or windows. This will make the glass harder to break taking them time and hassle to enter. Remember burglars look for easy targets that are quick to get in and quick to get out.
Window coverings are great ways of keeping your belongings out of site. However not all window covering will be effective. For example translucent or sheer curtains look great but burglars can still see through them. Opaque window coverings like drapes or blinds are most affective.
Exterior doors are not all equal when it comes to security for your home. All doors should be solid core or aluminum clad, should have dead bolts with long throws, wide angle peep holes, and if they have wood jambs they should have steel straps located at the strike area to help prevent forced entry. With today’s technology you can purchase doors with three lock mechanisms. These doors Read the rest of this entry »
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