Prevention
Crime prevention is everyone’s responsibility. Securing your home will deter criminals and slow down their progress if criminal activity is occurring. Follow these steps:
- Lock all windows, doors, gates, and outbuildings including garages and sheds
- Use outdoor lighting/ motion detection lighting during nighttime hours
- Install a monitored security system from a reputable security monitoring company
- Install video surveillance systems
- Keep valuables out of view of windows
- Secure valuables in a fire resistant safe that is not easily removed from the home
- Do not share publicly when you will be away from home
- When away from home, use light timers to create the illusion of the home being occupied
- Inform trusted friends/ neighbours to watch and check on property when away from home
Help the Police Help You
Get to know your neighbours and their routines. Be aware of strangers. Note license plate numbers of suspicious vehicles and descriptions of suspicious people. Call the police with information as soon as possible at 306.848.3250 or, if a crime is in progress, call 9-1-1. Criminals are often caught after alert neighbors contact the police.
If you find a door or window that has been forced or broken while you were absent, do not enter. The criminal may still be inside. Call police from a cell phone or from a neighbour’s home immediately.
If your home has been unlawfully entered, do not clean up or touch anything until the police have inspected for evidence.
For information on protecting your home from incidents of fire, visit Weyburn Fire Department page here.
