Tips For Keeping Your Home Safe

• Lock your doors even if you are only running out to do a short errand
• Make sure your doors have a deadbolt
• Keep you garage doors closed even if you are at home
• Keep your windows locked, or have the safety latches engaged
• Do not place a note on your door informing someone you are away
• Make sure your home has sufficient exterior lighting for nighttime hours
• Install motion sensitive lighting
• Keep your house address numbers visible for emergency responders
• If you go on vacation, make arrangements for someone to pick your mail up
• Keep ladders in your garage, or locked tool shed so they are not accessible to a burglar
• Invest in a alarm system
• If a new appliance was purchased such as a new television or home theater system avoid placing the empty box outside where it is visible to others
• While vacationing, ask a trusted neighbor or family member to watch your home and pick up mail or newspapers

National Crime Prevention Council