Safety Tips

• Stay alert, confident, and aware of your surroundings. Walk purposefully and make eye contact with people around you. Trust your instincts, if you have an uneasy feeling take another route.
• Avoid alleys, short cuts & vacant lots. Stick to well-lighted, busy streets.
• Walk with a companion whenever possible.
• Avoid displaying large amounts of cash. Use ATM's during daylight hours only.
• If you are being followed, abruptly change directions, stay in a well lighted area, and seek safety in a public building, make noise, attract attention to you and the person that is following you.  Have your personal alarm or pepper spray out and ready.
• If alone, have you cell phone ready.  You can even pre-dial "9-1-1" so all you have to do is hit "send".
• Always be ready with your personal alarm, stun gun, or pepper spray.  It will do you no good if you can't get to it when you are already panicked.
• Park in well-lit areas.  When you are returning to your car, walk directly to it with keys ready.
• Do not park where there are groups of strangers "hanging-out" or next to someone just sitting in their car.
• Park next to cars the same size or smaller than yours so that you can easily see your car from a few rows away.