Vacation Preparation Tips - Make Sure Your Home is Safe
Vacation Safety Tips for Your Home
Follow these other tips to protect your home and property:
Follow these other tips to protect your home and property:
- Your goal should be for your home to appear lived in. You want it to look different in the morning than at night.
- Inform as few people as possible of your vacation plans. This includes newspaper and postal delivery people.
- Ask a trusted neighbor to keep an eye on your home while you are gone and to report any suspicious or criminal activity to the Police Department (310.378.4211).
- Give emergency telephone or cell phone numbers, your itinerary and a house key to your trusted neighbor.
- Ask your neighbor to pick up your newspaper, mail and other deliveries daily, or place a mail hold on them.
- Ask your neighbor to park their vehicle in your driveway occasionally.
- Arrange to have the lawn mowed.
- Install dusk-to-dawn (photo cell) or motion sensor lights on all outdoor lights. Use automatic timers on a radio and lamps to simulate occupancy. Set these for your normal routine.
- Don’t post your vacation plans or photos on social networking sites.
- Lock all outside doors using quality deadbolt locks and shut and lock your windows. Lock your garage door.
- Use your home alarm if you have one.
- Store valuables in a safety deposit box.
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?
- Complete the Palos Verdes Estates Home Vacation Check Online Form.
- Officers will offer extra patrol to your home while you are away.