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Before leaving on a trip...
- Secure Your Residence
- Have good locks on all doors and
windows and use them
- Make sure your residence looks lived
in, not empty
- Leave shades and blinds in normal
position
- Ask your neighbor to watch your
residence. Leave your address and
telephone number so you can be reached
- Test your smoke and burglar alarms
- Stop all deliveries.
- Have someone pickup your mail
- Arrange for someone to mow your grass
to give the home a lived in look
- Plug in timers to turn on lights,
radio and off at appropriate times
- If you have call forwarding on your
phone, forward your calls to a trusted
friend
- Engrave your valuables. Consider
taking valuables to a safety deposit
box.
- Put Operation Identification decals on
the doors and windows
- Close and lock garage doors and
windows
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