There are no easy answers to ensure safety, only helpful tips. Safety in the home, workplace, and areas of frequent travel should all be considered.

Click on the links below to view the safety tips for that environment.

• HOME
• CAR
• WORK
• PUBLIC

• Add alarm system to your home or apartment.
• Trim bushes and trees around home to eliminate or reduce hiding places.
• Place security pins in windows and sliding glass doors.
• Install bars across the center of sliding glass doors.
• Make sure deadbolts are secured with screws at least two inches long.
• Attach motion-sensor lights to outside of home.
• Install locks on bedroom doors.
• Install panoramic peepholes on entry doors.
• Keep a cellular phone with you at all times.
• Keep important documents (birth certificates, Social Security Numbers) in a security box or safe location.
• Keep an "escape bag" with necessary daily items at the home of a trusted friend.

• Look inside and underneath car before entering.
• Vary the routes you take to places of frequent travel.
• Drive with your doors locked at all times.
• Always leave enough space between you and the car in front of you to quickly change lanes.

• Make sure your co-workers are aware of your situation.
• If possible, vary your work schedule.
• Have someone else record your voicemail message, so that it is not your own voice.
• Have someone walk you to and from your car.
• If possible, eliminate times you are working by yourself.
• Instruct your co-workers to not disclose any information about you or communicate to a third party.

• Vary your daily routine.
• Tell only trusted individuals about your future plans.
• If you have an Injunction for Protection or other type of restraining order, carry it with you at all times.
• Avoid isolated places, such as alleyways, restrooms, etc.