PERSONAL AND HOME SECURITY SURVEY
Please answer all questions. A “yes” answer indicates that you are tuned in to personal security. If you answer “no” to any question, learn what you can do to improve your safety and security by contacting one of the crime prevention specialists listed at the bottom of the last page.
Neighborhood Security Yes No
1. Is your house number visible from the street, with numbers at least 3” high? ______
2. Can your neighbors see your house? ______
3. Do you know your neighbors, and all their occupants? ______
4. Have you talked to your neighbors about mutual neighborhood security? ______
5. Do you leave your front and back porch light on every night, whether you are home or not? ______
6. Do you routinely lock your door every time you leave, no matter how long? ______
7. Do you leave house keys hidden outside? (This is a NO NO and a yes answer is bad!!) ______
Doors and Windows
8. Are your outside entrance doors solid core and strong enough to withstand excessive force? ______
9. Do your door frames fit snuggly around your exterior doors? ______
10. Are the strike plates and frames strong enough to withstand excessive force? ______
11. Is there a wide-angle viewer installed in your front and back doors? ______
12. If you have small children at home, have you installed a wide-angle viewer to accommodate ______their size?
13. Are all outside doors equipped with single cylinder deadbolt locks with at least a 1” throw? ______
14. Do you close and LOCK your garage door even if you are home? ______
15. Do you LOCK the doors going into the garage from your house or yard? ______
16. Do your exterior basement doors have extra protection? ______
17. Do your basement windows work properly, without excess play? ______
18. Do you check to see if all windows are locked whenever you leave the house? ______
19. Do you put a board or dowel that snuggly fits in the inside track of your sliding glass doors? ______
20. Have you pinned your sliding glass door(s)? ______
21. Have you done the same for your sliding glass windows? ______
22. Do all your windows have proper working locks on them? ______
23. Do you shut your blinds when no one is home? (Burglars like to window shop too!) ______
24. Have you walked around your house looking for “entry points” that a burglar might look for? ______
25. Have you trimmed all your hedges, bushes, and trees so they cannot hide a burglar at work ______on your windows and doors?
26. If you live in an apartment or other multi-family unit dwelling, do you make it a point to ______immediately notify management of any lighting or other security problems?
27. Do you have a Neighborhood Watch Sign in your window? ______
Personal Security
28. Do you know the emergency phone numbers of your local law enforcement agency? ______
(If not please look to the back page for numbers)
29. Do you ask trusted neighbors to watch your house if you are going to be gone over night? ______
30. Do you use automatic timers on lights, TV’s, and radios in your home? ______
31. Does your house appear that someone is home when no one is there? ______
32. Do you ask a trusted neighbor to pick up newspaper, mail, and other deliveries when you are ______
gone for an extended period of time?
33. Do you ask your neighbor to maintain you lawn or remove snow when gone for an extended ______period of time?
34. Do you notify your Neighborhood Watch Block Captain when you are going out of town ______so they can watch over your house?
35. Have you recorded the make, model, and serial numbers of all of your valuables? ______
36. Have you etched your driver’s license number and state abbreviation on your valuables? ______
Example: WI A123-4567-8910-11
37. Have you photographed items such as jewelry, china, and crystal for identification purposes? ______
38. Do you record and keep in a secure place all your credit card and ATM numbers, together ______
with phone numbers to cancel them should they get lost or stolen?
39. Do you take precautions when using telephone calling cards in public and when entering ______Personal Identification Numbers into an ATM machine?
40. Have you removed all identification tags from your key ring? ______
41. Do you always lock your car while driving and when you get out? ______
42. Do you have a working flashlight in your car? ______
43. Do you look in your car, especially the back seat, before you get in? ______
44. Do you put all packages in your trunk instead of your back seat? ______
45. If you have all small children, have you taught them what to do and how to ask for help ______should they become separated from you?
46. Since you moved in, have you had all your door locks re-keyed or replaced? ______
47. Do you turn your bell tone volume down, or off, on your telephone when you are away? ______
48. Do you have your neighbor park an extra car in your driveway when you are away for a few ______days?
49. Do you have a cellular phone available in your home in case phone lines are cut? ______
Community Liaison Officers of District 5
P.O. Raymond Robakowski
2920 N. 4th ST.
Milwaukee, WI. 53212
(414) 935-7258 office/voicemail
(414) 935-7115 fax
OR
P.O. Minisha Howard
2920 N. 4th ST.
Milwaukee, WI. 53212
(414) 935-7258 office/voicemail
(414) 935-7115 fax
Emergency Numbers
Emergency 9-1-1
Non-emergency 933-4444
Business 935-7252
Crime prevention 935-7258