Crime Stopping Travel Tips

Travel Tips:

1. Check gas levels and general car maintenance prior to traveling. Preventive actions!

2. Always carry standard tools such as flashlights, first aid kits, tire changing tools and a spare tire. A batttery operated siren light device is good too.

3. If you become lost, seek help at busy, well lit businesses. A GPS is very affordable and can prevent this from ever happening. Turning down the wrong street, or into a "nice looking" community can sometimes be lead to trouble.

4. Notify friends & family of your travel plans and time & date of return. Use platforms such as Twitter where you can "Tweet" or "Text" your status, and concerned friends and family can follow you via the Internet or your phone. There are also Twitter application that you can use that will "Locate" you and pinpoint where you are when you submit an update.

5. Always have a cell phone handy, charged, and on. When an emergency happens, you do not have time to dig and find it, find a charger, and or turn it on. Also have a telephone book available in your car

6. Never pick up hitchhikers; if someone is stranded don't stop, get the approximate location (Example: Hwy 5, headed South, around mile marker 74), and call 911... or drive to the nearest police station for help

7. Get in the habit of locking the doors of your vehicle. Lock them once everyone is in, lock them when someone gets out for a minute, and lock them after they get back in. Forming habits such as these can prevent car-jackings, robbery, kidnapping, and more. If someone approaches your door and asks to open the door or get in... say "NO", leave, and call 911