While you may exercise vigilance and security in your actions, there are still unavoidable situations which might pose serious threats to your safety. So if you think you need more awareness and sense of security, here are some additional yet highly basic personal protection tips worth reviewing.
The first thing you have to practice is to be random with your actions. Some burglars usually hang out in neighbourhoods, observing the practices and habits of homeowners whose houses they are intending to break in. If your home is one of them, be ready to have higher chances of experiencing a burglary. What do you expect? These intruders know you go for a jog by 5 am, leave for work at 7 and arrive at 5 pm late in the evening. Plus, they know where you keep your spare keys, mainly because they have seen you hiding the items under your flowerpot.
Another common error most homeowners commit is by being friendly to the point of being callous. What does this mean? Sometimes, it may seem normal to talk about your son spending the weekend in another state, especially to random individuals who might be showing up in your doorstep, selling “home security systems.” Not only are you exposing valuable information to these people, you are also putting yourself one step nearer to feeding attackers what they’ve been waiting for all along! Next time you have to say something, you better watch what goes out of mouth first!
Basic Personal Protection Tips
Threat Alert also mentions the importance of keeping your valuables in the right places.
Nothing is missing if there’s no record of its existence. One good way to guard against theft of properties or valuable items is to ensure proper records are kept. This is especially true if you are away from home or work. Keep track of your money, keep track of your luggage and keep track of your time.
While the things mentioned above may be essential to your home safety, there are also additional things you have to bear in mind the moment you leave the four corners of your residence. It is advisable to travel with a companion. This does not basically mean you have to have a nanny covering your tracks, it simply necessitates you have to be around people who are “safe” and who are least likely going to cause you harm. Gainsaying, it is best to avoid dark and dingy alleys especially when walking home at night, and the like. You get it.
Here's a video which also discusses some basic personal protection tips when at home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HZqgj7aiao
While you may have practiced necessary safety measures on your own, still, it pays to exercise additional sense of preparedness and caution. Are there any other basic personal protection tips you want to share?
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