Safety Tips
The Filer Police Department is focused on keeping the citizens and visitors of Filer safe. Below we have listed tips to help keep you and your family safe
Quick Tips
- Lock Your Doors
- Have a password for you and your child
- Shred all documents with any information on it
- Monitor your child on the internet
Protect Your Home
- Install good locks on your doors and windows.
- Leave lights on when you are away. Also contact the police department to get on the house check list.
- If you suspect someone is in your home when you arrive, DO NOT GO INSIDE! Call 911!
- Be very selective on who you let in your home. Ask for identification from repairmen, delivery people, servicemen and even police department. Make sure your children know this when they're home alone.
Protect Your Self
- Try not to walk alone at night. If you must, avoid dark
alleys.
- Tell someone where you are going, what route you are taking and how long you will be gone.
- Never pickup up hitch hikers or stop to offer help to unknown stranded motorists.
- Always park in well lighted areas.
- Always lock your car when you leave it.
- Always have your keys out when you approach your vehicle and
look inside before you enter the vehicle.
Protect Your Children
- Never leave your children alone and always accompany your children into a public bathroom.
- Get to know your babysitters and your children's friends and their friend's family before you leave them alone with your child.
- If your child is going to stay the night or go out with a friend, make sure you check with the other parents to confirm what your child is doing. TRUST BUT VERIFY!
- Monitor your children on the internet. Keep the computer where you can easily observe it. Never let your child meet anybody in person they have met on the internet.
- Make sure your child knows their full name, phone number, address (including city and state) and carry identification with them.
- Always keep a list of emergency phone numbers and contacts where your child can locate them. Have a safety plan in case of a natural disaster where you are going to meet. Keep supplies including a radio, flashlights, fist aid kit, food, water and medication you might need.
- Teach them to tell you if anybody has touched them in a way that makes them feel uncomfortable or tells them to keep it a secret. Make sure your child knows not to talk to strangers. Have a password only you and your child know and that this is the word a person who has to have to pick them up should know.
- Make sure your child knows not to play in any abandoned buildings or play in isolated areas. Never take short cuts through yards or alleys.