Eleven tips for avoiding crime

[mmckee1952]

1. Be Alert!

Keep your head up and be aware of your surroundings.

2. Vary Your Routines. Predictability makes you a more likely target.

3. Lock It! Home, car, office - locks are your first line of defense.

4. Make Your Home A Tough Target. Use floodlights, motion sensors, a security system, deadbolts, etc. Dogs are key to the prevention of crime in a home. If you can not get a dog, get a motion activated barking machine.

5. Foil Car-jackers. Keep windows/doors locked, check mirrors and blind spot when stopped. Stay one to one and a half-lengths away from the car ahead of you. Sound your horn and flash your lights if you think you're being approached by a car-jacker.

6. Avoid Car Theft. Lock it!Use an anti-theft device. Turn the wheels when you park. Never leave a spare key inside the car. Park in a well-lighted place. Put packages in the trunk before you get to your destination. robbers have broken into cars when they see someone put a laptop or other valuables in the trunk. Plan ahead.

7. Be Creative. Think of unusual ways to protect yourself and your valuables.

8. Be Informed. Learn the crime trends in your area and work to protect yourself against them.

9. Get Involved. Have your joined or organized a Neighborhood Watch?

10. Don't Give Up! Crime can be reduced - with action, not apathy!

11. Be "Situationally Aware". Look at day to day scenario’s and plan different reactions. You do not need to dwell on the possibilities of something bad happening, but rather plan to face challenges with knowledge. Bad Guys do not like potential victims that can react to their attacks

 

[tcox4freedom]

Keep 'em coming. You're posting some pretty good stuff.

Good SA is the real key to staying safe. (I always say it's more important to "train the brain" than it is to spend time on the range. (The range is just more FUN!):dance3:

 

[BC1]

And don't forget.

12. Never vote Democrat.

 

[rdp357]

Another great post!

 

[Shoobee]

MMC, if you are going to prioritize these, then I would put situational awareness at the top of the list not the bottom.

Good situational awareness then leads to everything else.

Arming yourself and getting training would be second in order of importance so that you are not a soft target.

Never letting anyone within 5 feet of your person, or suspicious characters within 20 ft would be third.

Locking everything and owning a tall heavy gunsafe would be fourth, and a steering lock for your car.

Doing some neighborhood watch work would come next. I did not see that one on your list. I guess Zimmerman has made neighborhood watch unpopular at the moment. But that has not stopped me.

Its too bad there was no one at the batman movie in Aurora Colo. who was smart enough to follow the psycho out of the exit when he left. Because it would only have taken one situationally aware person, man woman or child, to notice the blocked doorway and unblock it.