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Index of Facts About Our Safety

Crime Statistics

Crime Prevention Tips

Vehicle Safety  

To Avoid Home Invasion

Protection From Identity Theft 

 

 

 


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We are always looking for new information that may help keep you  safe.  We sell Pepper Spray which we feel can give you the confidence & peace of mind whether at home or out and about.  We sell four categories of Security Products:


1. CRIME  STATISTICS

Statistics tell us each year 1 out of every 5 families will be a victim of crime.  

ONE CRIME OCCURS EVER 2 SECONDS 

One PROPERTY CRIME happens every 3 seconds.

One VEHICLE THEFT every 20 seconds

One LARCENY every 4 seconds.

One BURGLARY every 10 seconds.

ONE  V I O L E N T   CRIME  OCCURS EVERY  20 seconds.

One AGGRAVATED ASSAULT every 35 seconds.

One ROBBERY every 60 seconds, or 1 minute.

One FORCIBLE RAPE every 2 minutes.

One MURDER every 25 seconds.

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2. Crime Prevention Tips

In order to prevent crime toward yourself the worst attitude  is:

 

"It won't happen to me"

This thinking is what the criminal wants you to think.   This type of thinking keeps you off guard. To keep yourself safer from crime you need to learn about crime. What do you need to learn?

To start with you should know that most criminals look for easy opportunities. They want to get in and out as fast as they can or, take their victim somewhere isolated or hidden and do whatever they have planned. Understanding this concept is a key point to keeping you safe. If the criminal wants an easy target, then your objective is to be a hard target. The harder the target you are the more likely the criminal will move on.  

How do you make yourself a hard target? Well one of the key steps is to follow as many practical preventative measures as you can. The more things you do to prevent crime the safer you will become.

Crime can be prevented when people take common sense precautions and are vigilant.  The following are some tips.

1.  Don't walk or jog early in the morning or late at night when the streets are deserted.

2. Walk with confidence and assurance, look people in the eyes.

3. Be alert at all times, do not wear headsets, walk facing traffic. 

4.  When out late at night always try to have a friend with you.

5. Trust your  intuition. Do you feel uncomfortable?

6. Speak clearly and confidently.

7. Wear comfortable shoes!

8.  Carry only the money you need for the day.

9.  Don't display your cash or any other tempting device or  expensive jewelry.

10. Try to keep your hands free, use a fanny pack instead of a purse.

11.  If you think someone is following you switch directions or cross the street. If they continue to follow you don't go home but go to a public place and call the police.  Don't be afraid to yell for help.

12.  Keep your keys in your hand with the proper key ready as you approach your house or car door.

13.  If someone has abused you never meet them while alone.  Never let him or her in your car or home.

14. Assault is a crime even if it is commited by a family member.  Call the police.  If you believe you or your family are in danger leave immediately.

15. If you are being robbed, give up your property - rather than your life.

16. When calling the police.  Try to remember things that will help discribe the suspect accurately, such as, sex, height, weight, hair color and type, vocal inflections and accents, clothes and even shoes.  Your actions can prevent someone else from being a victim.

17. Use outdoor ATMs, only in the DAYTIME. Have your card in hand, observe those around you.  If someone makes you feel uncomfortable leave or wait till they are gone.  For your safety, especially at night, use ATM machines inside stores or malls.

18. Stay out of stairwells or any area that is dark or away from where people are able to see you. 

We feel pepper spray can give you confidence and security and if need be, a way of defense for you and your family.


3. Vehicle Crime Prevention & Safety Tips

One vehicle is stolen every 20 seconds. 

  • Keep your car in good running condition. 
  •  Make sure there's enough gas to get where you're going.
  • Always carry a cell phone.
  • Check inside around and under the car before getting in.
  • Drive with your car doors locked and your windows up. 
  • If you need some fresh air windows should only be down about 2 inches. 
  • Always roll up the windows and lock car doors when you leave your car.  
  • Never leave your car running.
  • Avoid parking in isolated areas. Be especially alert in parking garages. Try to park in well lit areas close to walkways, stores, and people. 
  • If you think someone is following you, don't head home. Drive to the nearest police or fire station, gas station, or other open business to get help.
  • If you are bumped by another car, look to  make sure there are other cars around.  If you feel uneasy, signal the car to follow you and drive to the nearest police station or busy well-lit area.
  • If you get out of your car take your keys,(with pepper spray attached) & your purse or wallet.
  • Do everything you can to keep a stranger from getting into your car or forcing you to get into their car.
  • If a car jacker threatens you: give up your car rather than your life!

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4. TO AVOID HOME INVASION  

Home invasion is frightening.   What is sad, so many of the victims are the elderly who are the most vulnerable.   We all want to feel safe in our own homes but  this is not always true.

We purchased our home from an elderly woman who had experienced a home invasion through a carport entrance to the kitchen.  This is what was done to make her home safe. 

  •  All our windows had holes drilled on each side and a blunt pin, similar to a nail, was placed in these holes.  Our windows cannot be opened from outside.
  • The other thing they did was replaced the window to the garage and on the inside is a decorative metal grate that is screwed over the window glass.
  • All the doors have double bolt locks.

    • Please go to our Home Security page to read the true story of personal friends who experienced a Home Invasion. 

We hope these articles will help you see the need and give you tips to improve the safety of your home and your neighborhood.

  • To have a safe neighborhood all of us need to be  good neighbors by watching for suspicious persons or cars and then contact the police if you see something unusual.  
  • For more information on home invasion  prevention, call your local police.
  • Criminals generally look for opportunities that require the least effort and offer low risk and high gain. 

Here are some ways to make your house less of a target of Home Invasion:

1.  According to a study displaying window decals and yard signs can decrease your chances of a home invasion by 75%.

Go to our "Home Security Systems" page to get:

Free Security Stickers if you buy anything on our Home Security page

or You only pay $5. shipping and we send you Security Stickers.


2. You can help secure your WINDOWS from being slid open by placing pins through the window frames. (this is one of the methods we use)

3. Consider a siren safety lock similar to what some Hotels use.  Home invasions often are push-in robberies.  Don't open your door unless you know the person.  Keep your door locked.

4. A solid door with a double deadbolt lock can delay a burglar; and time to a thief is  important  to their own safety, so don't give them that time.

5. A piece of wood placed in the window track or pins through the window frames prevent SLIDING GLASS doors from sliding open for the wrong person.


6. A DOG can be a great form of protection.  The racket a barking dog can make and the threat of discovery could stop an intruder.  The same dog can be a problem to children or visitors.  

7. Keep your home and yard well lighted.  Light is the enemy of the home invader.

8. Don't allow your bushes around windows to be so tall they become a cover for the home invader. If you plant bushes make sure they are the prickliest kind (for example down south the Holly bush ) that would make that invader miserable trying to get in your window. Crooks are basicly lazy, they don't want to work too hard.

9. Never leave a key hidden under a mat or over a door frame for a robber to find.

10. Never open your door to a stranger.   A peep hole will allow you to see who is at your door before you open it. 

11. Do not use an answering machine message that might suggest you live alone, such as "Hello, I'm not home right now."  which might imply that only one person lives there.  A better suggestion might be, " We are not available....". 

12. When you are leaving on a trip:

  • Stop all deliveries
  • Connect some light or radio on a timer.
  • Notify police & a good neighbor.
  • Make sure someone maintains your lawn 

13. Keep a cell phone, Pepper Spray or Stun Gun  or even your car keys w/ your panic button as you go to the door and on your bedside table (out of reach of small children) but readily available if needed.


  

5. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM IDENTITY THEFT
1. Never reveal your Social Security number to anyone, including stores, unless they have a good reason for wanting it, and have a very secure method of protecting it.

2. Never have your Social Security number printed on drivers license or checks.  Once you reveal your number  you are handing them your personal information, and they can use it.  

3. Check your credit report regularly. Many victims of identity theft never realize their information has been stolen until many months later. By then the damage has been done.  You will have to spend  time and money,  to put things back in order. 

4. An identity thief will dig through your garbage, to look for  receipts that contain account numbers that lead to other   personal information. Make sure to shred old receipts or papers, and even pre-approved credit card junk mail.  Identity theft has grown at an alarming rate because it is so profitable.

 

This is a 3 1/2 minute video produced by the Broward County, FL Sheriff's Office.  Identity thieves are at it again, this time targeting people at gas stations.  This sort of crime never occurred to me, especially since many of us never leave the side of our car when pumping gas anymore.  That has apparently not improved our safety, especially for women who carry purses--- The footage of the actual crime being committed is shocking in how easy it is to pull off. 

http://video.sheriff.org/psa_cartheft.shtml

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