Tips: Florida Police hosts house robbery awareness campaign
Do not confront the criminals.
The Florida Police recently hosted a house robbery awareness campaign in the Florida Lake area.
Here are some of the tips they gave residents:
• Do not try to be a hero, it may be fatal.
• Do not lose your temper, become aggressive or make demands – remain calm and focused.
• Try to remember distinctive features, faces, scars, tattoos, accents etc.
• Always lock your doors, gates and windows.
• Invest in realistic security measures, e.g. reliable alarms with panic buttons and CCTV.
• Educate your domestic worker to be always observant and vigilant and not to open the gate or door for strangers.
• Ensure that your domestic worker always confirms with you prior to giving anyone access to the house.
• Check that you are not followed from malls, shopping centres, banks, etc. Rather drive past your house until it is clear.
• Check for people wearing work suits/ overalls – sometimes they can be deceiving.
• Remove the mail from the mailbox regularly as criminals check the house owner’s particulars and use them to deceive domestic workers into giving them access to the property.
• Know your neighbours, and if possible, exchange contact numbers or create a WhatsApp group to act as a neighbourhood watch communication channel.
• Check for unknown and suspicious cars parked nearby, write down the registration numbers and alert the police or/ and a security company.
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