Last updated on May 5th, 2024 at 01:46 pm
Safety experts say the best way to protect yourself and others is to trust your instincts. In other words, when something doesn’t feel or look right, it may be a sign to double up on personal safety. Especially as a parent, the safety role is further heightened because you’re responsible for young lives (your children). In 2020, the UK recorded 258,594 burglary incidences. That was different from 2,950,000 theft cases recorded a year earlier in 2019. Looking at these statistics, you have every reason to enhance your safety and here are some tips.
3 Security Tips That Could Save Your Life
1. Invest in personal alarm systems
What immediately comes to mind is an intricate home alarm system connected to security services. While that cannot be underestimated, this article refers to a different kind of alarm system. Personal alarms have been around for a long time, but it has generated more interest among the aged in recent times. The buzz is generally centred around choosing a security device which is the best personal alarm for elderly people. However, manufacturers say these devices are not only for older adults. Fortunately, anyone can have one as a personal safety device regardless of age.
In your case, you can get them for yourself, your partner, and your children. The devices are small enough to slip into a backpack or a secured pocket. Most are, however, worn on the wrist or around the neck. Embedded with various features like GPS and a fall detector, a loved one can monitor your location and general safety. This is worth considering in your attempt to improve personal safety.
2. Turn off geo-location on social media
Did you know that social media platforms are created with embedded geo-locators? While these geo-location features cannot be avoided, you can toggle them off. That way, nobody apart from close family will know where you are at any point in time. Apart from pinpointing your exact position, turning the geo-locator off can protect your online photos too. That way, nobody will know where your photos were taken.
If your kids are old enough to be on social media, it will be good to check these features. You can teach them the significance of keeping their locations private. Another personal security tip might be to caption the photos in vague language. This eliminates any mention of location. For instance, ‘having holiday fun’ gives nothing away about your location.
3. Think like a burglar
To catch a thief, you may have to think like one. Safety and security experts usually advise people to walk in and around the home, looking for weak entry points. Doing that helps you identify things you ordinarily wouldn’t have seen. For instance, have you tried looking through your security door’s peephole? Can you see the interior of the house from the outside? If yes, you might want to stick tissue from the inside to obscure a burglar’s vision. Secondly, do you have any valuable ornaments openly displayed? If you answered in the affirmative, it’s time to secure them properly.
Indeed, sometimes safety and security are interwoven. That explains the need to adopt overlapping measures to ensure you and everyone else are protected.
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