What can we do to make our community even safer?
Home Safety:
- Know your neighbors.
- Be on the look-out for suspicious activity or individuals.
- Make sure you lock your doors and windows. Two locking devices per door/window is recommended. Time for lock/deadbolt upgrade??
- Check the lighting around your home to make sure it is working. Repair any broken lights or contact FPL for street lights that are inoperable.
- Remember that burglars will take advantage of an open door, window or sliding door. Do not leave valuables visible from your windows so that those passing by can easily see them.
- Consider adding motion detector audible alarms to your windows or doors.
- Check out any home improvement type store and see what inexpensive items are available to upgrade your home security.
- Do not open your door for anyone that you do not know.
Vehicle Theft Prevention:
- Lock your vehicle when parked.
- Remove any valuable items and do not use your car for storage.
- Do not lend your keys to someone else. Consider adding an anti-theft device to your vehicle. Check with any automotive type store to see what is available.
- Be on the lookout for vehicles that look unattended or abandoned in your neighborhood and report them to the police department.
- Do not leave your car running while you check your mailbox or do other “quick” things requiring you to leave your car unattended. It is a misdemeanor in North Carolina to leave your vehicle unattended while it is running.
- Always be aware of your surroundings when getting the mail, putting out the trash, etc.
- Avoid people or situations that make you feel uncomfortable.
- Report any safety concerns you notice to your crime prevention officer.
Here are some safety tips we have received from our neighbors:
"Put your car keys beside your bed at night. If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies. This tip came from a neighborhood watch coordinator."
"And remember to carry your keys while walking to your car in a parking lot. The alarm can work the same way there..... "
Learn how simple safety steps save lives in and around pools and spas.
ReplyDeleteParents and families can build on their current safety systems at pools and spas by adopting additional water safety steps. Adding as many proven water safety steps as possible is the best way to assure a safe and fun experience, because you can never know which one might save a child’s life—until it does.
Never leave a child unattended in a pool or spa and always watch your child when he or she is in or near water
Teach children basic water safety tips
Keep children away from pool drains, pipes and other openings to avoid entrapments
Have a telephone close by when you or your family is using a pool or spa
If a child is missing, look for him or her in the pool or spa first
Share safety instructions with family, friends and neighbors
Learn how to swim and teach your child how to swim
Learn to perform CPR on children and adults, and update those skills regularly
Understand the basics of life-saving so that you can assist in a pool emergency
Install a four-foot or taller fence around the pool and spa and use self-closing and self-latching gates; ask your neighbors to do the same at their pools.
Install and use a lockable safety cover on your spa.
If your house serves as a fourth side of a fence around a pool, install door alarms and always use them. For additional protection, install window guards on windows facing pools or spas.
Install pool and gate alarms to alert you when children go near the water
Ensure any pool and spa you use has compliant drain covers, and ask your pool service provider if you do not know
Maintain pool and spa covers in good working order
Consider using a surface wave or underwater alarm
We need to have video cameras coming in and leaving pheasant way.
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I think the camera idea is awesome!!! Can this be brought up at next board meeting? it seems like a no loose proposition.
ReplyDeleteI think having a camera would be terrible, what if someone has someone in their car and now their wife or husbands find out? We don't live in a police state!
ReplyDeleteI don't think the cameras will be there to "spy" on people but rather to protect us ! a- i think it will scare off unwanted visitors and b-when something does happen like a burglary etc we will have a record of who came in and then the police or security personnel can then look at the recordings .
ReplyDeleteIn this world we need cameras, in a bad economy there are more burglaries, if we have cameras then if some home is robbed there is a source to find out who came in and out and narrow down leads. I do think the tennis court idea in the park maybe should come first so that we have a place to hang out while they are robbing out homes!
ReplyDeletehaha... nancy b. if they don't want their husband or wife to find out, why don't they just not have the person in the car with them?
ReplyDeletewe don't live in a police state, but we live in a place where burglary is common
The security cameras at the entrance would be cheaper than the Sheriff Deputy. Since there's only one way in and one way out, if there was a crime, the video could be reviewed to see the tags on the cars during that time. Then whichever tag didn't belong to someone legitimately coming in here would be a suspect.
ReplyDeleteAlso, everyone should get a dog. Burglars are more likely to rob a different house if you have a dog.
speed bumps! So many people drive way too fast on the longer streets with no stop signs.
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