Warrant Officer Balan Muthan offered some tips on how residents can be safe and strengthen the security of their households.
- Ensure that doors are locked at all times and that windows are closed when no one is at home.
- When leaving your residence, inform family or neighbours of your intended destination, expected time of return and the route you will be riving.
- Ensure that tools such as axes, spades, picks and ladders that can be used in an attack are locked away when not in use.
- Vary your daily routine.
- Get into the habit of not immediately falling asleep after switching off the lights and keep a torch nearby at night.
- Clear the areas around the gates of bushes and other hiding places.
- Do not employ casual workers without a reference.
- Ensure that you have a good relationship with your neighbours so that you will be in a good position to support and help each other.
