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• 01 March 2019 - PACT Priority
   

  Darker Night’s Safety Advice

   

  When the longer winter nights arrive, take a fresh look at your home security.

   

  At home

  · Keep front and back doors locked at all times and keep keys and valuables

  out of sight and reach from cat flaps, letterboxes, and downstairs doors

  and windows

  · If you’re out in the evening make sure you leave a light on and draw the

  curtains. If it’s dark before you get home, use timer switches to turn on

  Energy-saving lights

  · Light up your front door with dusk to dawn lighting – make sure it’s visible

  from the street

  · Make sure your home is visible from the street by keeping bushes and

  fences less than one metre high at the front of your property

  · Don’t forget about garages, sheds and outbuildings – make sure they’re

  locked and secure too

  · Try not to leave your house in silent darkness. Just leaving a radio on

  could make a potential burglar think twice

  · Never leave a spare key outside your house, burglars know all the usual

  hiding spots

  · Keep bins away from windows when they’re not being used as they can be

  used as a climbing aid for burglars

  · Consider joining or setting up a Neighbourhood Watch scheme.

   

   

  Please take this opportunity to review your own home security. If you require further specific free advice please contact your local Neighbourhood Team on 101.

   

  Out and about

  · Plan ahead before you go out. Know where you’re going, how you’ll get

  there, and how you’ll get back. Let someone know where you’re going,

  and be prepared for a change of plan

  · Keep your purse or wallet and keys close and secure. Only take out

  essential items, and if you can leave valuables at home, do

  · When you’re out, always walk with confidence, and stick to well-lit, busy

  areas, using the route you know best

  · Avoid quiet or badly-let alleyways, subways or isolated car parks. Walk

  down the middle of the pavement if the street is deserted

  · Remain aware of your surroundings – don’t walk along texting, making a

  phone call or listening to music. As well as being distracting, this

  advertises your valuable to criminals

  · Trust your instincts – if you don’t feel safe then change your route,

  remembering to stay in well-lit and busy areas. Don’t be tempted to take

  short cuts

  · Be a good friend and stay safe by sticking together. Always avoid walking

  alone at night

  · If you regularly walk home in the dark, get a personal attack alarm – they

  are widely available and inexpensive

  · If you regularly jog or cycle, vary your route and times you go out,

  particularly if you go alone. Try to avoid wooded or remote areas and stick

  to well-lit roads, or main paths and open spaces. Stay fully alert of your

  surroundings and don’t use headphones

This is what we have done

• 01 March 2019 - PACT Priority
  Police patrols will be carried out to offer reassurance to local residents and keep crime and anti-social behaviour to a minimum.

   

   

   

  Do you care for, or are you the family of an elderly or vulnerable adult who is at risk of going missing?  Have you heard of the Herbert Protocol?

  Sign up and work directly with the police and their partners to ensure their safety.  The Herbert Protocol is a scheme which will see family, friends, and care providers working together not only to prevent vulnerable adults going missing but to improve responses for locating them if they do.  The protocol will be running throughout County Durham and Darlington.  When you sign up, we will contact you to discuss the process, suggesting steps to prevent particularly vulnerable people going missing, as well as contingencies for a swift response should the individual fail to return. 

  To sign up contact 101 or email Herbertprotocol@durham.pnn.police.uk

   
  PCSO 7948 Louise Baxter- louise.baxter@durham.pnn.police.uk

  PC John Gordon - john.gordon@durham.pnn.police.uk
  

These are the policing priorities that local people have agreed with your policing team. You can have some influence on future policing priorities by attending your next PACT meeting.