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Get your domestic help's antecedents verified. |
2. |
Give his/her photograph as well as address to the nearest Police Station for verification. |
3. |
Get his/her background verified from previous employer. |
4. |
Avoid giving access to his relatives and friends. |
5. |
Avoid displaying jewelry and valuables in the house. |
6. |
Fix grills on windows and glass paneled doors. |
7. |
Don't allow any stranger to enter your house, when you are alone without finding out his identity. |
8. |
Beware of persons coming to your house under the pretext of repairing/selling. |
9. |
Keep side doors pad locked and main door bolted.
Use slam-shut locks instead of pad locks. Install magic eye and safety chains on doors. |
10. |
Look through the magic eye and ensure the door chain is secure before opening the door to a stranger. |
11. |
Leave a light switched on when you go out of town. Inform your neighbors about your absence from your home for a long or short period. |
12. |
Insure all valuable properties like VCR, TV etc. |
13. |
Mark valuables with an identification number like your Ration Card, Passport or |
14. |
Install an alarm system and learn how to use it. Monitor your alarm system and arrange for guard response. Stow away ladders and stools. |
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Make your home appear lived in. Don't keep huge amount of cash and ornaments in the house. Use bank lockers. |
16. |
Don't sleep near an open window during the night. |
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Don't disturb the scene, if you notice theft in your house, wait for the arrival of police otherwise it will lead to tampering of evidence like fingerprints, footprints etc. |
18. |
Don't wear heavy ornaments while traveling alone. |
19. |
Don't open your bag-containing valuable like cash and ornaments, while traveling in public places. |
20. |
Don't go alone with cash and jewelry during the nighttime. |
21. |
Do not record a message on answering machine telling people you are on holiday or away. |
Citizen Charter 
