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Safety For You and Your Home

Safety For You and Your Home. Community Education Specialist Mary Browning Naperville Police Department. Objectives. To learn techniques useful in keeping yourself and your property safe Home Security. Who are Victims of Crime. Anybody Anywhere Any time

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Safety For You and Your Home

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  1. Safety For You and Your Home Community Education Specialist Mary Browning Naperville Police Department

  2. Objectives • To learn techniques useful in keeping yourself and your property safe • Home Security

  3. Who are Victims of Crime • Anybody • Anywhere • Any time • More crimes of violence occurred during daylight hours than between 6pm and 6am (DOJ, 1998)

  4. Crime Statistics 2007 Naperville Personal • Murder, 2 • Sexual Assault, 16 • Battery, 76 • Robbery, 17 • Property • Theft, 2009 • Arson, 10 • Burglary, 250 • Motor Vehicle Theft, 76

  5. Crime Prevention Triangle For a crime to occur there must be three elements present. Desire Ability Which one can we effect? Opportunity

  6. Crime Prevention Triangle For a crime to occur there must be three elements present. Desire Ability Which one can we effect? Opportunity

  7. Make Your Home A Lousy Target

  8. Removing the Opportunity There are two types of barriers we can use to eliminate the opportunity to commit a crime: • Physical Barriers • Psychological Barriers

  9. Removing The OpportunityPhysical Barriers • Locks • Doors • Windows • Fences • Chains • Alarm Systems • Dogs

  10. Removing the Opportunity Psychological Barriers: • Alarm Systems • Dogs • Lights • Signs

  11. Crime Prevention for the HomeRemoving the Opportunity # 1 Strategy criminals use to enter your home……….

  12. Removing The OpportunityPhysical Barriers • Locks • Doors • Windows • Fences • Chains • Alarm Systems • Dogs

  13. Statistics

  14. Statistics • In a survey by the National Crime Prevention Council: 34% do not generally lock their car doors whether parked or moving • Between May 2008 and August 2008, there have been over 200 BMV’s in Naperville, over 80% of them were committed to cars that were unlocked

  15. Removing the Opportunity LOCKS • Use them! • Install deadbolt locks-they can’t be “popped” like spring-latch locks can • Deadbolts should be at least 1 1/2” • Don’t forget the basement door or the door from the house to the garage

  16. Removing the Opportunity LANDSCAPING • Don’t block entrances or create hiding places with your plants and/or bushes • Plant thorny or spiny bushes to discourage entry • Keep all landscaping well trimmed • Position trees so they don’t hide windows, walkways or doors • Consider gravel instead of mulch, it’s noisy • Don’t create roof access • No tree branches below 6 feet • Remove ladders when finished with them

  17. Removing the Opportunity LIGHTS • Exterior lighting • Doors: house and garage • Entryways and ground-level windows • Out of reach so can’t be broken/unscrewed • Motion detectors • Photoelectric Lights • Interior lighting • Timers • Kitchen

  18. Removing the Opportunity DOORS • Solid Core doors • 1 1/2 inch deadbolts • Front Door • Back Door • Access from Garage • Secure sliding glass doors with a broomstick or dowel in the track

  19. Removing the “Window” of Opportunity WINDOWS • Use additional security on ground level windows • LOCK them • Use dowel rods, pins, or deadbolts (Cautions) • Keep trees and bushes trimmed back • Secure air conditioners with window brackets and screws

  20. Removing the Opportunity HOUSE NUMBERS • At Least 5 inches High • Keep them Illuminated all Night • Display where they are most visible • Mailbox • Garage door • Front Door

  21. Thank you!Stay Safe!

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