Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter Winter 2006
                                            
 

Christmas Shopping Advice

On a Christmas shopping trip it might be tempting to return to your car and leave presents that you have already purchased, and then continue shopping for more presents.

This could provide ‘easy pickings’ for an opportunist thief who could break into your car and steal your property, possibly worth hundreds of pounds.

Keep presents out of sight until Christmas morning

Often at Christmas when people go out, they leave the Christmas tree lightson with the Curtains ‘half drawn’ and presents on display.

It looks really pretty from outside, but it is a signal to a potential burglar that the house is unoccupied and it is well worth breaking into.

THINK! – Don’t Drink and Drive

The legal alcohol limit for driving is 80mg of  alcohol per 100ml of blood, but there is no failsafe guide to the amount of alcohol that a driver can safely consume.
 
The amount and type of alcoholic drink, the weight, sex and metabolism of the driver, all play a part, but any amount of alcohol affects driving ability.

A motorist’s ability to judge speed and distance may be impaired, their reaction  times may be slowed and their judgement of risk, seriously affected.

Pub Car Parks

With the festive season approaching more people than usual will be visiting their local pub for a celebratory drink with relatives, friends, or work colleagues.

At all times of the year  thieves will be targeting vehicles left in pub car parks. Make sure you remove all your property when you park your vehicle.  Don’t tempt thieves by leaving property on display.

 
SMOKE ALARMS

New  Year -  New Battery

Every day someone dies in a fire because they didn’t have a working smoke alarm. Most fires start at night  and the real killer is smoke. If you are asleep and you don’t  have a smoke alarm to wake you up, your chances of survival are virtually zero.

It is now possible to purchase 10 year smoke alarms from outlets like Woolworths Which helps with not remembering to replace betteries each year.

DON’T BE A VICTIM OF CRIME

HAVE  A  SAFE  AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS.