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Exterior Home Security Tips
Ottawa Police (www.ottawapolice.ca)
We have collected a useful list of exterior home security tips from the Ottawa Police web site. We hope you fill find these useful and provide you with peace-of-mind.
- Advertise with stickers that you are involved in Neighbourhood Watch and Operation Identification.
- Advertise with stickers you are being monitored by a reliable security company.
- Keep tools, ladders and garbage pails locked away.
- Keep bicycles, barbecues and lawn equipment securely stored.
- Have adequate exterior lighting.
- Trim trees and shrubs that could easily hide intruders.
- Remove obstructions that could hide a thief.
- Don't leave notes on your door.
- Don't have door hinges on the outside, exposed to the criminal.
- Don't leave spare keys hidden outside - they can be found.
- Don't put up a name plate outside of your house with your full name. A burglar can use this information to look up your number in the phone book and call to see if you are home.
- Install deadbolt locks on all exterior doors and other entrances into the house from the garage or basement.
- Exterior doors should be solid core in order to provide strength for the locking system. Seal gaps between the door and frame in order to prevent a jimmy bar from being used.
- Install wide-angle viewers for exterior doors.
- While proper locks on sliding glass doors are recommended, inserting a fitted piece of wood or metal in the door's lower track improves security.
- Secure basement and ground level windows.
- Secure all possible points of entry such as milk chutes and window-mounted air conditioners.
- Be sure to keep your garage or shed locked. Garages and sheds can provide criminals with the tools to break and enter.
- House numbers should be in a well-lit area and easily visible to neighbours and emergency response units. Hard to find is hard to help.
- Do not reveal information to unknown people on the telephone or at the door. Be wary of wrong address visitors and wrong number callers.
- Check references of people you employ to work in and around your home.
- List only surname and initials in the telephone book.
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| Ottawa Police |
| May 11,2007 |
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