Gardner, KS
Home MenuCheck the Outside
Look at your home from the outside. Make sure you know the following tips.
- Thieves hate bright lights. Install outside lights and keep them on overnight.
- Keep your yard clean. Prune back shrubbery so it doesn't hide doors and windows. Cut back tree limbs that a thief could use to climb into an upper level window
- Clearly display your house number so police and emergency services can find your home quickly.
- If you travel, create the illusion that you’re home by buying timers that will turn lights on and off in different areas of your home throughout the evening, lights burning 24 hours a day signal an empty home.
- Leave shades, blinds, and curtains in normal positions. Don’t let your mail or newspapers pile-up. Have a neighbor pick them up.
- Make a list of your valuables and sign out an engraver with the police department so you can engrave your driver’s license number on the item
- Ask a member of the police department to stop by and offer a free home security survey.