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Home Security
Home security is a key issue for all students at Trent. Whether you live in halls or private rented accommodation you need to be sure to take care of your belongings. Surprisingly by taking a few simple steps you can make yourself less vulnerable to burglary. This means one less thing to worry about and can avoid unwanted headaches.
LOCK UP!!
• This is the most important thing to remember, as a third of all burglaries happen because a door or window has been left open. Remember to lock all windows and doors, a burglar only needs 30 seconds to pinch a laptop.
• Ask your landlord to fit deadlocks to all outside doors - burglars hate them because you need a key to open them from the inside as well as the outside.
• Ask them to put key operated locks on all downstairs or accessible windows - burglars don't like having to smash windows because of the noise and the danger of cutting themselves.
• Lock up goods in your garden - including ladders, tools and bikes - not only are these are at risk from being stolen, but burglars can also use them to break in. If the landlord is doing any maintenance make sure that they take their equipment down such as ladders and try to get any maintenance involving scaffolding put off till summer when you won’t be in the house/flat.
• If you live in a hall of residence, be careful who you let in - or who follows you into the building. Lock your bedroom door even if you are only going down the corridor.
GET SMART-(WATERED)!!!
• The Forensic Property Marking System provides your valuables with an unprecedented degree of identification, so powerful in fact, it has been likened in concept to DNA profiling. SmartWater will provide Police with details of ownership.
• SmartWater has been known to reduce crime in some areas of the country because it acts as a deterrent to any would-be burglar.
GET INSURED
• Get insured as soon as you can. It’s not worth chancing it.
