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Safety For You and Your Home
Community Education Specialist
Mary Browning
Naperville Police Department
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Objectives
• To learn techniques useful in keeping yourself and your property safe
• Home Security
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Who are Victims of Crime
• Anybody
• Anywhere
• Any time• More crimes of violence occurred during
daylight hours than between 6pm and 6am (DOJ, 1998)
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Crime Statistics 2010 Naperville
PersonalPersonal
• Murder 0
• Sexual Assault 15
• Battery 85
• Robbery 13
PropertyProperty
• Theft 1838• Arson 7• Burglary 230• Motor Vehicle
Theft 60
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Crime Prevention Triangle
Desire Ability
Opportunity
For a crime to occur theremust be three elementspresent.
Which one canwe effect?
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Crime Prevention Triangle
Desire Ability
OpportunityOpportunity
For a crime to occur theremust be three elementspresent.
Which one canwe effect?
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Make Your Home A Lousy Target
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There are two types of barriers we can use to eliminate the opportunity to commit a crime:
• Physical Barriers
• Psychological Barriers
Removing the Opportunity
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Removing The OpportunityPhysical Barriers• Locks
• Doors
• Windows
• Fences
• Chains
• Alarm Systems
• Dogs
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Removing the Opportunity
Psychological Barriers:
• Alarm Systems
• Dogs
• Lights
• Signs
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Crime Prevention for the Home Removing the Opportunity
# 1 Strategy criminals use to enter your home……….
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Removing The OpportunityPhysical Barriers• Locks
• Doors
• Windows
• Fences
• Chains
• Alarm Systems
• Dogs
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Statistics
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Statistics
• In a survey by the National Crime Prevention Council: 34% do not generally lock their car doors whether parked or moving
• In 2010 there were 586 BMV’s in Naperville, over 70% of them were
committed to cars that were unlocked
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Thank you!Stay Safe!