Follow Home Safety Tips

Secure your home with the following safety tips:

Have a solid-core door for all entrance points.
Use a quality, heavy-duty deadbolt lock with a 1-inch throw bolt.
Use a quality, heavy-duty, knob-in-lock set with a dead-latch mechanism.
Use a heavy-duty, four-screw, strike plate with 3-inch screws to penetrate into a wooden door frame.
Use a secondary blocking device on all sliding glass doors.
Use anti-lift devices such as through-the-door pins or upper track screws.
Use highly visible alarm decals and beware of dog decals or neighborhood watch decals.
Secure all accessible windows with secondary blocking devices.
Make sure someone cannot reach through an open window to unlock a door or remove a blocking device.
Use anti-lift devices to prevent the window from being lifted out.
Secure windows at night and, if need be, leave only a slight opening for ventilation purposes.
Set your phone to speed dial 911.
Get to know your adjacent neighbors.
Agree to watch out for each other's home.
Use motion sensor lights near or around key entry points.
Use good lighting along pathways to and from main entry points.
Make sure any exterior lighting allows for 100-foot visibility.
Make sure your alarm system has an audible horn or bell to be effective.
Instruct your neighbors how to respond to your alarm should it become activated.
Be sure to activate your alarm system before leaving home or before retiring for the evening.
Identify your valuables by engraving objects with a set of numbers that only you would know, make a list of the items and their numbers and keep the list in a safe deposit box or somewhere in your home.
Photograph items of value.
Photocopy the contents of your wallet and other important documents.
Do not keep the PIN for your credit cards or debit cards in the same place.