Lighting    

• Keep exterior lights on at night, or use motion lights.
• Replace burned out bulbs immediately.

Landscaping/Exterior    

• Keep bushes, trees, and plants around home neatly trimmed so they do not block windows or provide a place for people to hide.
• Make sure address numbers on house or address sign in yard is clearly visible from road to help in a quick response by law enforcement/ emergency personnel.

Doors and Windows    

• All exterior doors should be closed and locked.  People are often looking for the easy target and may pass up secured locations for unlocked doors.
• All exterior doors should be made of steel or solid-core. 
• All exterior doors should have a dead bolt locks with at least a 1” throw.
• Strike plates should be reinforced with 3”screws.
• Patio and sliding glass doors should have a rod or piece of wood in the bottom track.  Install a couple vertical screws in upper track so door can slide but can not be lifted out.
• When feasible all windows should be kept shut and locked at night or when you are gone.
• If warm weather requires sliding/ single or double hung windows to be open, open them just enough so somebody can not crawl through.  Install locking pins or track locks so that the window can not be opened any further.

Vacation

• Make sure all doors and windows are closed and locked before you leave.

• Stop mail and newspaper deliveries while gone or have somebody pick them up so that these items do not accumulate.
• Place timers on indoor lights, and set timers to turn on radios or televisions at different times throughout the day.
• Have somebody cut your lawn or shovel snow so it appears somebody is home.
• Do not close every blind or shade, leave some open so the house appears normal.
• Park a car in the driveway.
• Have a person check your house throughout the week and ask that they take the garbage out and return it to the garage the same time you do.
• Place valuables such as jewelry in a safe or preferably a safety deposit box if have one. 

Contact Deputy Jody Breider, Village of Suamico Directed Enforcement Officer, at the Brown County Sheriff’s Department (448-4210) if you have any questions about crime prevention.