How to Protect Yourself in Your Home
Keep your doors and windows locked, even while you're home.. Trim the vegetation around your home so intruders can't hide.. Use curtains to prevent people from seeing inside your home.
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Keep your doors and windows locked, even while you're home.
Keep your doors and windows locked, even while you're home.
Trim the vegetation around your home so intruders can't hide.
Trim the vegetation around your home so intruders can't hide.
Use curtains to prevent people from seeing inside your home.
Use curtains to prevent people from seeing inside your home.
Install outdoor lighting so there's nowhere for an intruder to hide.
Install outdoor lighting so there's nowhere for an intruder to hide.
Install a security camera at your front door or over your garage.
Install a security camera at your front door or over your garage.
Replace your bedroom door with a heavy wooden door that locks.
Replace your bedroom door with a heavy wooden door that locks.
Get a home alarm to scare off intruders and alert authorities of danger.
Get a home alarm to scare off intruders and alert authorities of danger.
Form a neighborhood watch program to spot potential prowlers.
Form a neighborhood watch program to spot potential prowlers.
Don't answer the door if you don't know the person.
Don't answer the door if you don't know the person.
Act like there are people in the house when you answer the door.
Act like there are people in the house when you answer the door.
Turn on all the lights if you think someone's trying to break in.
Turn on all the lights if you think someone's trying to break in.
Call the police if you see someone prowling around your home.
Call the police if you see someone prowling around your home.
Flee your home if possible.
Flee your home if possible.
Retrieve your firearm if you have one.
Retrieve your firearm if you have one.
Grab a knife if you're near the kitchen.
Grab a knife if you're near the kitchen.
Use a heavy household item as a weapon for another option.
Use a heavy household item as a weapon for another option.
Barricade yourself behind a locked door if you can't escape.
Barricade yourself behind a locked door if you can't escape.
Call the police when you can safely do so if you haven't already.
Call the police when you can safely do so if you haven't already.
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