Police are urging parents and guardians to teach their children how to react to a house robbery when they are home alone.
At times, parents and guardians are left with no choice but to leave their children home alone, during this time anything could happen to them, including housebreakings and robberies.
Linden police recently responded to a house robbery where a child experienced such a crime while being home with their guardian.
The guardian was powerless against the armed suspects but luckily police and private security attended to the matter before it could get worse.
It is therefore important to educate children you live with, on what to do if they ever find themselves in such a scenario.
Linden police provided these tips to parents and guardians to help children if they are ever caught up in a house robbery:
- Ensure that your child knows or has access to all emergency numbers such as police, your security company and medical services.
- Ensure that your children know or have access to parents’ and guardians’ numbers
- Create and maintain good relationships with your neighbours so that your children can contact them if anything goes wrong
- Identify a safe place for them to hide in the house in case a break-in occurs
- Teach children to make sure that all the curtains are kept closed preventing suspects from observing activities inside
- Encourage your children to report any suspicious behaviour they notice
- Constantly remind your children not to talk to strangers and not to share any information about where they live and who is currently home.
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