When you go to work, don’t leave your crime prevention sense at home. Almost any crime that can happen at home or in your neighborhood can happen in the workplace. Common-sense
prevention skills can help make life “at work” safer for all.
HELP PREVENT OFFICE THEFT AND OTHER CRIMES
• Keep your purse, wallet, keys, or other valuable items with you at all times or locked in a drawer or closet.
• Check the identity of any strangers who are in your office – ask whom they are visiting and if you can help them find that person. If this makes you uncomfortable, inform management or the police about your suspicions.
• Always let someone know where you’ll be – whether it is coming in late, working late, going to the photocopier or mail room, going out to lunch or a meeting.
• If you bring personal items to work, such as a coffee pot, a radio, or a calculator, mark them with your name or initials and an identification number.
• Report any broken or flickering lights, dimly lit corridors, doors that don’t lock properly, or broken windows. Don’t wait for someone else to do it.
