HOME SAFETY TIPS
Replace or rekey locks when you move into a new home or apartment. Install a door viewer (peep hole) and one-inch deadbolt lock and use them. Look before opening your door!
Keep doors locked at all times and instruct children to never open the door to strangers.
Require all strangers to show identification. If you have not called for a repairman, don’t let one inside. Leave him waiting outside and call his place of business to verify his reason for being at your residence.
Do not let a stranger inside your home to use the phone; make the call for him.
Never admit that you or a neighbor are home alone.
Women living alone should use only initials on mailboxes and in telephone listings.
Leave outside lights on at night, and keep lights on in more than one room.
If you receive an obscene phone call—hang up—do not react.
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