At Home Christmas Safety Tips

• With the Christmas season, home-owners are often engaged in cleaning and beautifying their home. Beware of persons who may come to your home requesting to assist in performing odd jobs around. If you hire someone to perform any job around your house, ensure that you know who they are and there is always someone at home to monitor their movements. 
  

• Avoid leaving ladders or scaffoldings hanging around after paint jobs or other home repairs are completed since they can allow easy access to your premises. 

• If you are spending the Christmas season abroad or away from your home, you need to properly secure your home. Use an inexpensive light timer when you are away and ask a neighbour to pick up your newspapers and/or mail. 

• Burglars know to look for the hidden door key near the front entrance. Do not hide spare keys under rocks, in flowerpots or above door ledges.

• Beware of the "good deal" scams. Things are not always what they appear to be. Beware of persons selling stolen items. You can be charged for the offence of Receiving Stolen goods. 

• Trust your instincts. If you have an intuitive feeling something is wrong or suspicious, react immediately and take action to reduce your risk of becoming a victim.

This information was provided by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS).