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Safety Tips |
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 Phone Calls:
· Dealing
with obscene or annoying phones calls, first thing hang up!
· Do
not talk to strangers.
· Do
not interview the caller to try to find out who he or she is.
· Do
not let your answering machine give you away, that you live alone or
are not home. Suggested recorded message "Your message is important
to me, please leave your name and number". This message does not
leave indication that no one is home or that you are alone. Do not
use your name on the answering machine.
TIPS FOR HANDLING BOGUS PHONE
CALLS
They may say that their car has broken down and they need to
phone someone for help. They may pretend to be a workman, saying
that they need to check your electricity or water. They might even
claim to be from the council and that they are carrying out a local
survey. Whatever reason a caller gives, you need to be sure that
they aren't just trying to get into your home to steal something.
There are around 12,000 incidents of "distraction burglary" each
year, where callers get into homes and then steal cash or valuables
while the occupier is distracted in some way. Sometimes they work in
pairs, with one doing the talking while the other is stealing and
they often target the elderly.
Be on your guard every time the doorbell rings, or there's a knock
at your door. Look out of your window to see who's there first and
if you don't know who the person is, open the window slightly and
talk to them that way, rather than opening your door. Alternatively,
have a viewer fitted in your front door so that you can take a good
look at who's there first. If your eyesight isn't so good, don't
worry as you can now get wide-angle viewers to help you see better.
Put the door chain or door bar on before opening the door and talk
through the gap. You could even fit a small mirror to the wall next
to the door so that you can easily see the person you are talking
to. When the caller has left and you've closed the door, don't
forget to unhook the chain so that any friend or relative you have
given a key to can still get in.
Make sure your back door is locked if someone knocks at your front
door. Sometimes thieves work together with one coming in the back
way, while the other keeps you talking at the front.
Keeping the chain on the door, ask callers from the council or any
other organization to pass through some identification. If you need
your glasses to check this don't think it's rude to close the door
and go and get them. A genuine caller won't mind. If you're still
not sure, ask the caller to leave and tell them to write and make an
appointment so that someone else can be with you the next time they
call. The basic rule is if you don't know the person at your door
don't let them in.
As part of the Government's "Stop, Chain, Check" campaign, local
councils, social services and Age Concern centers have further
information they can provide to older people. They can also help
with door viewers, chains and mirrors, and in certain circumstances,
may be able to supply a personal attack alarm that connects through
to a control center.
Helpful Self
Defense and Personal Protection Products
Telephone Voice Changers
Telephone Recorders
Pepper Shot 1/2 oz.
Pepper Shot 2 & 4 oz.
Pepper Shot Tri-Pack
Pepper Pen
Wild Fire 18%
Pepper Pager
Stunning Ring
Lipstick Pepper Spray
Pepper Spray Booklet
Mace Pepper Sprays
Pepper Foam
Michigan Approved Spray
Triple Action Sprays
Hot Walkers
Leatherette Key Chains
Hard Case Key Chains
Pepper Batons
Pepper Gel
Stun Master 100,000-300,000v
Stun Master 625,000v
Stun Master 775,000v
Z-Force Slim
Talon Mini
Hot Walkers
Stun Batons
Cell Phone Stun Guns
Hot Shot Stun Guns
The Runt Stun Gun
Advanced Taser
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