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Home Security Checklist
Use the following as a guide to check your home for safety measures. Boxes marked "no" indicate area where you could take action to improve your home's security.
Form 1
Form 2
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Rape
Think about the unthinkable. Don't mask the facts about rape with myths and stereotypes.
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THE TRUTH IS... |
| RAPE is an act of violence. It is an attempt to control and degrade another using sex as a weapon. |
| RAPE can happen to anyone - children, students, wives, mothers, working women, grandmothers, the rich and poor, and boys and men. |
| RAPIST can be anyone - classmate, co-worker, a neighbor or delivery person, ugly or attractive, outgoing or shy, often a friend or family member. |
| RAPISTS rape again and again, until caught. |
USE YOUR HEAD
- Be alert! Walk with confidence and purpose.
- Be aware of your surroundings - know who's out there and what's going on.
- Don't let alcohol or other drugs cloud you judgment.
- Trust your instincts. If a situation or place makes you feel uncomfortable or uneasy, leave!
TAKE A STAND
- Ask a Neighborhood Watch group, school, employer, church, library, or civic group to organize a workshop on preventing rape. Make sure the workshop addresses concerns of both men and women.
- Volunteer at a rape crisis center.
- If you see a TV program or movie that reinforces sexual stereotypes and sends the message that women really like to be raped, protest. Write to the station, the studio, or the sponsors. On the other side, publicly commend the media when they do a great job depicting the realities of rape.
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Let's be Safe At Home
In the last six months... Did you leave the front door or garage door unlocked while you made a quick trip to the grocery store?
Was it too much trouble to check the meter reader's identification before letting him in?
Did you forget to tell a neighbor that you were going away for the weekend? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you are making it easier for a thief to work in your community.
What can you do?
Good locks, simple precautions, neighborly alertness, and common sense can help prevent most property crimes.
Get together with your neighbors to keep an eye on each other's homes. Half of all home burglaries occur during the day when alert neighbors could spot the thieves and call the police. Many neighborhoods have started youth patrols, or senior citizen "Window Watches," or trained people like newspaper carriers, cab drivers and utility employees to watch out for suspicious activity on their routes.
Key Sense
- Do not hide house keys in mailboxes, planters, or under doormats. Give a duplicate key to a trusted friend or neighbor in case you are locked out.
- Do not put any personal identification on key rings.
- Leave only your ignition key with service mechanics and parking garage attendants.
- If you lose the keys to your home or move, change the locks immediately.
Going Away?
Burglars hope to avoid confrontations, so make your home look occupied!
- Leave lights on and the radio playing, preferably a talk show, when you go out.
- Keep your garage door closed and locked.
- Use inexpensive timing devices to turn inside lights and radios or television on and off at different times.
- If no one will be at home for more than a few days, arrange to have someone pick up the mail and newspapers. Have deliveries stopped or sent elsewhere.
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