Off the Job Safety Home, Property and Personal Safety

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Division of Youth Corrections

• Off the Job Safety Home, Property and Personal
  Safety

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Personal Safety

• Think Safety (know that a danger could exist).
• Realize that you could become a victim.
• Have a plan - know what you will do if a
  dangerous situation comes up.
• Use good judgement.
• ALWAYS TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS - If something feels
  wrong, it probably is.

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Personal Safety

• When you are out be aware of your surroundings
  and avoid potentially dangerous situations.
• Carry a cellular phone in case of emergency.
• Choose well-lighted streets when walking at
  night. Walk with a friend.

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Personal Safety - at Home

• Install and use a peephole in your front door.
• Keep drapes or blinds down after dark.
• Leave lights on in two or more rooms to show
  people that you are home (a well-lit home keeps
  unwanted intruders away).
• Be extremely careful about letting strangers into
  your home.
• Be suspicious of visits by people that you didnt
  call.

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Personal Safety - Automobile

• Your car doors should ALWAYS be LOCKED, even in
  your own garage. Make it automatic to lock all
  your doors.
• After dark you NEVER park where it's dark. If you
  go there when it's daylight, you never park where
  it WILL BE dark when you come out.
• If the only available spaces are dark, you sit in
  your locked car until one opens up in a lighted
  spot or go to a different place.
• Even if your car is locked, you should always
  look underneath it from a safe distance. From
  20-feet you can see under your car to the other
  side without crouching. NOTICE LOOK INSIDE
  before you get into your car. Do this even in the
  daytime.
• If you see ANYTHING wrong, like shoes on the
  other side of the car but no head above the
  roofline, or a lumpy blanket on the back floor,
  you act like you've forgotten something and
  return to the building to call the police.
• DO NOT act like you SAW anything. If you act like
  you saw something, the predator will run while
  you're calling the police and may attack someone
  else in 10 minutes.

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Personal Consideration

• BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS
• Lock your car in parking lots and when driving -
  especially when you are driving in an unfamiliar
  area.
• Dont carry a large amount of cash in your purse
  or wallet.
• Keep personal belongings secure.
• At work direct care staff should
• Lock up pocket books, address books, personal
  planners/calendars while at work.
• Keep an unlisted phone number.
• Dont advertise your possessions or family to the
  residents.
• Keep your home address in a safe place (i.e.
  checkbook, bill statements or other mail,
  magazine subscription labels, etc..) and be aware
  of who is around when giving personal info while
  at work.

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HOME SAFETY

• Keep your home secure at all times.
• Change the locks after moving into a new house or
  apartment (Friends and neighbors of the people
  who lived there before may still have a key).
• When you leave make sure that doors and windows
  are locked.
• Install a home security system.
• Install lighting that will come on (motion
  sensor) if someone is outside your house.

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Your Safety

• You have to be willing to do what it takes NOT to
  be a victim.
• NO ONE can keep you safe but YOU!
• This requires effort and thought on YOUR PART.

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