Holiday Security Checklist

When you go on holiday;

• Use timers on radios and lights.
  
  
• Cancel milk, newspaper and mail deliveries.
  
  
• Have a neighbour stop by to collect junk mail, and open and close curtains
  
  
• Make sure your neighbours know where they can contact you in an emergency and when you will be home
  
  
• Invite neighbours to use your driveway and clothesline to make it look like someone is home
  
  
• Lock away garden tools and ladders that could be used by a would-be thief to gain access to your house.
• Make arrangements for family pets to be looked after. If you are away for more than a few days, arrange to have your lawns mown.
• Consider inviting a relative or friend to house sit for you.
• Whatever you do, don't leave a message on your answer phone that you away. Instead, clear the messages yourself or arrange to have a friend check them regularly for you.

Reprinted with kind permission of; Neighbourhood Support New Zealand