Home & Yard Safety
Protecting Your Home and Yard
Your home and yard are your special places for you, your family, pets and guests to enjoy. You expect to be safe and not have intruders. However, there are steps you should take to ensure your property is secure and safe. Use these resources below to help make your home and yard more safe. |
10 Tips for Backyard Safety
Some of our properties are large and have nooks and crannies that can be places for people or animals to hide or enter and present a safety or security issue. We may not always think about our backyard and security during the day or night.
PVE Neighborhood Watch and our PVE PD encourage you to take steps for backyard safety by slowing down potential burglars who are looking for crimes of opportunity. Eliminate easy entrances and exits to your property and make sure your home is not “attractive” to unwanted visitors in the day or night.
For more information, contact the PVE Police Department Community Relations Officer at (310) 378-4211.
PVE Neighborhood Watch and our PVE PD encourage you to take steps for backyard safety by slowing down potential burglars who are looking for crimes of opportunity. Eliminate easy entrances and exits to your property and make sure your home is not “attractive” to unwanted visitors in the day or night.
- Make sure doors are closed and locked, even when you are inside--even locked screen can prevent free access into your home
- Lock back and side yard gates with a padlock
- Lock backyard sheds
- Put away ladders and other tools that could be used to access your home
- Have backyard motion sensors, lights, alarms and/or security cameras activated at night
- Have lights for doorways, driveways, porch areas and other dark areas to check on nighttime noises
- Trim bushes & shrubs below window height to prevent a burglary from using them for concealment
- Padlock electrical service panel to protect from unwanted access
- Prevent second story or roof access via trees, trellis, fence/wall or unsecured ladder
- Lock upstairs windows and balcony doors
For more information, contact the PVE Police Department Community Relations Officer at (310) 378-4211.
Resources for Home & Yard Security Improvements
Here are some additional resources to be inspired to make your home and yard more safe:
* The tips and information on this page are provided as a service to PVE Residents as a way to help protect them from harm. We have done our best to get this information from reliable sources. Residents should take steps to confirm if these are right for their situation.
- The PVE PD Home Security Assessment Checklist: Double-check your overall home security.
- Call PVE PD and scheduling a home assessment visit (310.378.4211)
- 10 Ways to Safeguard Your Garden from Thieves & Burglary
- Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
- 8 Tips to Boost Your Backyard Security
- 11 Tips to Keep Your Backyard Safe
* The tips and information on this page are provided as a service to PVE Residents as a way to help protect them from harm. We have done our best to get this information from reliable sources. Residents should take steps to confirm if these are right for their situation.
PVE PD Offers Vacation Checks
Did you know that your PVE Police Department will provide Vacation Checks on your home • and property while you are away overnight?
For more information, contact the PVE Police Department Community Relations Officer at (310) 378-4211.
- Complete the Palos Verdes Estates Home Vacation Check Online Form.
- Officers will offer extra patrol to your home while you are away.
For more information, contact the PVE Police Department Community Relations Officer at (310) 378-4211.