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How To Protect Yourself On
City Streets
Street crime is on the increase in
most large U.S. cities.
It is also becoming more prevalent in small
communities.
The following list of "safeguards" will help protect you
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and may even save your life!
1. When leaving home, make sure that
all doors and windows
are locked - including the garage door.
2.
Watch for loiterers and do not carry large sums of money.
3. If
possible, travel with another person. This is
especially true after
dark.
4. When carrying a purse, women should have only 3 or 4
one
dollar bills placed inside. Credit cards, currency,
driver's license,
keys and jewelry should be carried in
a coat or sweater pocket or
concealed on your person to
reduce the opportunity of large losses. If
you do carry
a purse, don't wrap the strap around your
shoulder,
neck or wrist. If your purse is grabbed, a strong
strap
will not yield easily and you may be injured. Some
purse
snatch victims have been thrown off balance &
received
concussions, broken hips, arms or legs. Don't
carry
anything more valuable than you can afford to lose.
Always
leave all unnecessary credit cards at home.
When you shop and carry a
purse, put it in your
shopping bag.
5. At night, travel only
well-lighted and well-
traveled streets.
6. Never hitchhike or
accept rides from strangers.
7. Walk on the side of the street nearest
to oncoming
traffic. If accosted by someone in a car, run in
the
direction opposite the way the car is headed.
8. Beware of
people who approach asking directions;
keep a polite but safe
distance.
9. A good suggestions for men is to carry a second
wallet
containing a few $1.00 bills and old expired credit
cards,
which are normally destroyed or discarded. If confronted
at
knife or gunpoint, give the suspect the second wallet
and concentrate
on a good physical description to help
the police in making the
arrest.
10. Upon returning home, particularly after dark, do
not
linger at the entrance of your residence. Make a quick
check for
mail or newspapers, and enter immediately.
If you feel something is
strange, don't enter but go
elsewhere and call for police
assistance.
11. If you feel someone is following you, go to
the
nearest occupied residence or building, and ask for
assistance.
If you are confronted with a dangerous situation, cry
out
for assistance. Yelling "FIRE! FIRE!" instead of "Help!"
will
generally bring faster attention.
Two more important reports worth
reading: "How To Protect
Yourself When Traveling" - available from the
above publisher
for $1.00 and a long, self-addressed stamped envelope .
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and "How To Stop Mail Order Crooks" tells how to put
dishonest
mail order firms out of business without
expensive legal
assistance.