Home Security Tips:
Always keep your door & entry gate closed.
Do not open your door or entry-gate unless you are sure about the identity of the visitor/guest.
Do not allow your domestic help to get intimate with neighboring domestic helps, venders, guards.
Keep a copy of profile and a picture of your domestic help/house guard.
Try to put special attention to your teenaged offspring and enquire about their friends.
If you are a lesser, keep a copy of the profile and a photo of your lessee.
If you observe suspicious movement of strangers in the area you are living, please inform police.
Hire qualified / experienced chowkidars only
Check the antecedents / credentials of chowkidars and domestic servants before hiring them. Insist on references from their previous employers. Furnish their full particulars to your police station in the format suggested by them
Secretaries of Societies are advised to brief all the security men / chowkidars / lift men about various aspects of security. Some of these are:
- To make an enquiry if a taxi or auto-rickshaw is seen parked inside the compound or outside the building for a long time.
- To inform the police in case they find any vehicle parked inside the building (if ownership is not known) for a long time.
Whenever to employ a new servant, the local police station should be informed. His or her photographs, fingerprints and other details should be obtained and submitted to local police station.
Install a door with iron bars inside the flat, superior quality night latches and special eye lens on the main door. Ideally, interaction with strangers and vendors should be through the grilled door. High wattage light source with pilfer proof cover outside the main door should be installed.
Do not keep huge amounts of cash, valuable ornaments etc., in the house.
Avoid discussing money transactions and other important family matters in the presence of servants/ outsiders.
Keep all emergency telephone numbers of police with you.
Office Security Tips:
Hire security personnel from reputed agencies only.
Use transport for carrying all valuables. If you regularly carry money, or any other precious commodity, change the route and time randomly.
Avoid cash payments as far as possible, especially in the presence of
servants / outsiders
Do not talk loudly on the telephone (especially cellular phones) about
money matters.
All security personnel, including lift men should be thoroughly briefed on various aspects of security.
Wherever possible use CCTV and other electronic alarm systems.
Car Safety Tips:
DO……….
Use securing devices like steering lock, clutch lock, brake lock, etc.
Double-check all doors, including the boot
If possible, install loud alarm systems in your car, so that thieves can be discouraged even if they manage to break into your car
Try and use detachable music systems and take them with you whenever you park the car for a long time, so that there is no temptation for thieves to make a quick steal when they see expensive items in parked cars
Paint your car number on the front and rear end of the body, apart from the number plates. Ideally, have it etched on the windscreens and window glasses too. This prevents them from being misused by criminals using fake number plates
DON'T DO……….
Never leave the vehicle door unlocked, nor the windows partially open. Make sure that the quarter glasses are properly secured
Do not leave valuables inside the car, even if it is locked, as this will attract thieves
Do not overdo extra fittings, as these tempt prospective thieves
IN CASE OF CAR IS STOLEN...
· Report the theft to the nearest police station
· Inform your insurance company
Road Safety Tips:
Do not take any food offered by the unknown fellow traveler.
Try to note down or memorize the registration no. of the rented/hired vehicle.
Ask for police escort when you need to carry a big amount of money.
Emergency Situation Safety Tips:
IF FIRING OCCURS WHILE YOU ARE AT WORK OR WALKING ON A STREET ...
Lie down onto the ground immediately.
Do not show any unwanted curiosity. The criminal may feel threatened and
shoot at you.
When possible, move to a safer place, slowly, without drawing attention to yourself. Take cover behind solid objects like a car or a wall.
If you can see the criminals from your hiding place, try to note and memorize their distinguishing features.
If you are out of sight of the criminals, call up 100 and inform the Police.
If you are within earshot, try to remember their conversation.
Do not disturb the scene of the crime.
IN CASE POLICEMEN ARE CHASING A CRIMINAL...
Give way to the police immediately
If possible, note down the number of the escaping vehicle and the identity of the occupants
Remember the entry and exit routes of the criminals
