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"Tips To Stay Safe In The DR".

Stress that these are deterrant ideas and not intended to insure your 100% safety. For example, motion sensors are not 100% reliable. They are a deterrant. Look at it like this. You are creating a maze around you. The perpetrator has to manuever your maze to get to you. You make it as complicated as you deem necessary. Motion Sensors inside your home/outside are one of the deterrants. Dogs are also. Bars, etc. Nothing is 100% certain.

Safety At The House:
-Securing The Perimeter
+ All About Your Guard Dogs
+ Lighting
+ Motion Sensors
+ Neighbor Watch
+ All About Your Night Watchman
+ Iron Bars
+ Securing Windows and Doors
+ Keep The Yard Neat, Clean, and Remove Tempting Items

-Securing The Inside
-What To Do With Important Documents/Jewelry/Etc...
-Weapons In The Home
-Sound The Alarm...Emergency Calling Plan: Have phone numbers ready to go.

How To Make Your Neighborhood Safer:

Safety In Your Vehicle:
Keep the doors locked. My friend says that tinted windows make a good deterrant as it is difficult for someone with a gun to easily see what you are doing in your vehicle. Keep the windows up when in traffic if possible. On the open road you can keep them down. Don't stop for anyone. If the police pull you over in a remote area you may consider driving to a busy area before stopping...or driving to the police station. I would like to hear from others on this one...because I have often stopped in remote areas for the police. Moreso these days I simply avoid eye to eye contact and drive on by. I don't know that I should recommend this here. The police are getting more and more sensitive.

Safety In A Carro Publico/MotoConcho:

Walking Around Town:
I will sometimes just stop and let everyone who was in the back of me go ahead of me. Especially if I see someone who appears to be following me. I let him go on by. I keep my money in my front pocket and often my hand is in the pocket. I'm very alert to crowds and anyone brushing up against me. Another idea is to have your money in one wallet and a fake dummy wallet with nothing. The fake goes in your back pocket. The real goes in your front. If I am walking on a lonely road and sense danger I may shove my wallet down the front of my pants or take the money out and shove the money in a sock. Don't wear expensive jewelry into crowds or anywhere where you will be doing a lot of walking. Wear your jewelry to dinner where you are in a group of friends or that kind of thing...where everyone is watching out for one another.

Safety When Shopping And Handling Money:

Safety During A Night On The Town:

Verbal Altercations:
How you handle a verbal altercation is very important. Now I try my best to just walk away. It isn't worth upsetting someone who may come back and do harm to you or your loved ones. You don't want to upset the wrong person. And that goes for men and women. Are you being a wimp. No. You are being smart.

What To Do If You Are Attacked:
-Potential Weapons
-Defensive Action
-Going For The Kill

Keep Your Kids Safe:
-Teach Your Kids Safety