FWPD Advises Holiday Safety Tips
The Fort Wayne Police Department hopes you have and enjoyable and SAFE Holiday by following tips to help as the community enters the holiday season.
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Personal Safety:
- Situation awareness, always pay attention to your surroundings.
- Consider shopping with others, there is safety in groups.
- Avoid walking alone or parking in dark isolated areas.
- Keep wallet or purse secured, close to your body.
- Avoid carrying too many packages, keep your hands as free as possible.
- Avoid carrying large amounts of cash, use cards when possible.
- Use your phones GPS and share your location with family/ friends.
Protect Your Vehicle:
- Keep doors locked and windows up when parked.
- Never leave your vehicle running unattended.
- Take all valuable property out of your vehicle every time you leave.
- Install an alarm system and consider using a club (wheel lock device).
- Park in well lit, busy areas.
Secure Your Home:
- Lock all doors and windows and have secondary locks (window pins, deadbolts, dowels etc.).
- Keep landscaping trimmed so you can easily see around your property.
- Stop Mail and newspaper during extended absences.
- Have neighbor park in driveway when on an extended absence.
- Do not announce on social media when you will be away on vacation.
- Catalog serial numbers on property.
- Monitor deliveries (Amazon) and give instruction to delivery in non-visible locations.
- Use surveillance cameras and ring doorbells to monitor your home while away.
- Use timers, photo sensor, or motion sensors for lighting.
- Set burglary alarm and advise the alarm company you are away and to call the police directly.
- Keep gifts and expensive property out of plain view from the outside.
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