Safety Tips:

What you can do to prevent crime:

Crime prevention requires the active participation of citizens in cooperation with law enforcement to reduce crime in their communities. Listed below is information on how citizens to protect themselves and their property as well as how to serve effectively as additional eyes and ears for law enforcement agencies in their communities. It involves:

Keep an Inventory of Your Valuables

If you are the victim of a burglary, it always helps to have a detailed inventory of your valuables on hand. Take some time to record the manufacturers, models, model numbers, and serial numbers of items like your television and stereo, VCR, computer, cameras, firearms, and any other valuable articles around the house. Take photos of items like jewelry, art, and antiques. Put your inventory and pictures in a safe place ... just in case. Children's bicycles are often stolen. Having the serial number of your child's bike on hand can help with later recovery and identification. If you can supply police with serial numbers, information about your stolen property will be entered into the National Crime Information Center's stolen property database.

For an emergency dial:

“9-1-1”

Orange Police Department

29 Park Street

Orange, NJ

973-266-4111

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Install good deadbolt locks in your doors, and avoid locks that can be manipulated by breaking glass to reach inside.

Lock all doors and windows. Sliding doors may be secured by dropping a broomstick into the inside track.

Install a peephole viewer.

	Trim back shrubbery that hides doors or windows, and trim tree limbs that lead to the second story. .
	When strangers ask to use your telephone, do not permit them to enter ... place the call for them.
	Report strangers or suspicious activities to police.

	Install good deadbolt locks in your doors, and avoid locks that can be manipulated by breaking glass to reach inside.
	Lock all doors and windows. Sliding doors may be secured by dropping a broomstick into the inside track.
	Teach your children how to answer the door and phone if they are home alone. Also practice emergency telephoning with them.