General Safety Tips

• When walking with one other person you reduce your chance of becoming a victim by 63%.
• When walking with more then one other person you reduce your chance of becoming a victim by more than 90%.
• Never walk or jog alone.
• Avoid poorly lit streets, alleys, vacant lots, and parking lots.
• Walk close to the curb surroundings, don’t be overconfidence.
• Attackers look for a passive victim, so walk with a steady pace and appear purposeful.

• Seven hundred twenty burglaries occur every hour, one every five seconds.
• In a recent year more than 6.5 million burglaries were estimated to have occurred. (One out of every twelve households.)
• List only your last name and first initial on mailboxes and in the phone book.
• Do not allow strangers in your residence.
• Keep all entrances well illuminated.
• Use good deadbolt locks and solid core doors.
• Do not give personal information over the phone.

• Every 33 seconds a car is stolen.
• Car jacking is steadily becoming the crime of choice.
• Always lock your car doors even while you are inside you vehicle.
• From a distance, look around and underneath your vehicle before approaching.
• Look in your back seat.
• Have your keys in your hand and ready to unlock your car door.

• In the average office setting, there is at least one breach of building security.
• Make a difference by taking the “opportunity” out of theft.
• Program 911 or Police phone number into automatic dialing.
• Secure your area and building when leaving.
• Keep purses in locked area.

Call Police for assistance:

• A strange person
• Help to a car
• Help securing building

• In 95% of incidents of Domestic Violence, women are the victims.
• An estimated 4,000 American women die each year at the hands of their husbands or boyfriends.
• Often he uses intimidation making her afraid by using looks and gestures.
• He can use emotional abuse by putting her down or making her feel bad about herself.
• Isolation is often used though controlling what she does and whom she sees.
• Treating her as a servant, making all the big decisions and acting like the master of castle.

For more information regarding these topics, please contact (706) 542-0104 or (706) 542-0411.

For information on sexual assaults and sexual assault prevention, contact or visit the following organizations:

UGA Women’s Clinic
(706) 542-8691

UGA Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention (RSVP)
(706) 542-8690
(706) 542-SAFE(7233) *24 Hour Hotline*

Rape Crisis Hotline
(706) 353-1912

The Cottage Center
(706) 353-1912
1-877-363-1912

Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
www.rainn.org