Security Measures

For Family & Child Safety

CITIZENS –

POLICE LIAISON COMMITTEE

– citizens’ effort for the city’s peace

CPLC - Central Reporting Cell, Sindh Governor’s Secretariat, Karachi-75580

CPLC Helpline: (021) 3566-2222 / 3568-2222  UAN: 111-222-345 or Ph: (021) 3568-3333

Email: info@cplc.org.pk    Website: www.cplc.org.pk

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Security Measures For Family & Child Safety

1. PERSONAL PROTECTION MEASURES

Personal  protection is largely a matter of common sense.  Most people

have an built-in sense of survival and avoid situations that may endanger

themselves.  However, most people are not aware of how criminals operate.

The following measures reduce the risk of becoming a target / victim of

criminal activity.

1.1 DO NOT SET PATTERNS

a. Vary routes and timing when travelling to and from School, Work,

Shopping, etc.

b. Vary routes and timings for Walks / Jogging or Outing.

1.2 USE MAIN ROUTES AND AVOID

a. Badly lit areas.

b. Quiet Residential / Industrial / Barren areas.

c. Single lane roads.

1.3 LOOK AHEAD

a. When driving and walking, look ahead and be aware of situation

that may cause you to slow down or stop.  If suspicious, avoid

getting into that situation. At night do not give way to a suspicious

vehicle if he honks or flashes his headlights from behind to

corner you.

b. When driving lock your doors and leave enough distance from

the car in front, so that in case the front car stops / blocks you,

there is enough space for you to get away.

c. Wherever possible, stay on the roads having fast moving traffic.

d. If anybody blocks your road, try to choose an exit point even if it

means damaging your car to escape the blockade.

1.4 LOOK BEHIND

a. When driving and walking be aware of who is following you, if

suspicious, stay calm, and head for the nearest safe haven such

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as police / military / navy, barracks, busy areas etc. try to lose

them and never approach your house or your friends.  If being

followed drive fast and be alert.

Watch your rearview mirror at

all times.

1.5 ALWAYS LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR WHEREABOUTS

a. If possible tell someone where you are going and let them know

your program / schedule.  Avoid quiet early morning or noon outings.

2. SECURE FAMILY

2.1 Do not display your name on the gate of your apartment / house, just

the address.

2.2 Auto Lock System at gate and doors connected to a speaker system

and closed circuit TV around the house and entrance porch.

2.3 Intercom with coded identification to communicate with guards /

servants to allow access.

2.4 Door Chains.

2.5 Guards should be positioned on Terrace with Sensor Lights activated

around the house.

2.6 Employees must deposit:

i) I.D Card  ii) Photograph  iii) Reference iv) Registration with Police

for Servants, Drivers, Maids, Guards, Sweepers, Gardeners, etc.

2.7 Keep bedrooms locked, pre-determined coded words for opening

at all times.  Identify restricted areas of the house for servants,

especially males.  This will also help prevent burglars from accessing

the rooms of other family members.

2.8 Servants may drug small children.  Take necessary precautions.

2.9 Do not be threatened by Dacoits / Burglars to disclose hidden cash/

jewelry on the mere threat of killing a family member.  Make a small

safe at a place where nobody looks and distribute your valuables.

Be calm, do not be intimidated, act scared, start crying, the criminals

like to believe they have scared you, so you must be telling the truth.

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3. PERSONAL SAFETY

3.1 Print only plain Visiting Cards.

3.2 Discourage display of Mobile Phone by children.

3.3

Never sit in the

front

with Home Drivers or Van Drivers.

3.4 Don’t carry weapons.

3.5 Late Night Outings should be discouraged.

3.6

Be careful

whilst inside and when leaving Lockers, Banks,

Moneychangers and approaching

ATM machines.

a. When approaching any of the above, visually scan the area before

getting out of your car.

b. If there is

something suspicious,

like someone just standing around

or people in a nearby vehicle, but no one especially at the ATM,

then leave the area immediately and

use another ATM.

c. When transaction is completed immediately

take your ATM

card, receipt, money, etc. and leave.

Count your money later at

a safe place.

d.

When in lockers to take jewelry put it on your person,

never carry

it in your purse.  Put your duppatta around and observe as in

above while leaving the area.  Match your rearview mirror.  You

may be followed to be intercepted quickly hand-over your purse,

which would contain empty jewelry boxes.  Use especial purse

to visit lockers.

e.

Banks and Moneychangers are always hot targets of criminals.

They may be even observing you when standing beside you when

drawing cash.  Be extremely cautious and alert when returning

as warned above.

3.7 Share a

family code for identifying genuine telephone messages

sent

through strangers / acquaintances for its genuineness and safety.

3.8 Do not leave old people on their own at the mercy of servants.

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3.9

Obnoxious / Annoying Telephone Calls:-

a. Always install a telephone line with Caller ID.

• Caller-ID is a great way to screen your phone calls.

• Instruct children to check the Caller-ID before answering the

phone and only answer the phone calls from recognized numbers.

• If Caller-ID is not available, arrange a "ring code" like one ring,

hang up, count to three and call again.

• An answering machine is another safe way  to screen your

incoming phone calls for you and your children.

• If you receive "obscene" phone calls from strangers who ask

questions regarding private matters, HANG UP!!! Be sure to

keep a log of the dates and times of these phone calls.

• Chronic harassing phone calls should be reported to the Police

or CPLC.

b.

Blackmailing,

call CPLC / Police.

i) “Phone calls from friendship magazine” are for blackmailing.

ii) Take care when photographed at parties, they can be misused.

iii) Never get blackmailed.  Face it the very first time, have them

apprehended.

c.

Do not

make friends through phone.

d.

Do not encourage chatting

with strangers

on Internet or lead

to

personal relationship.

e.

Extortion / Threats,

call CPLC / Police.

f. Never give your name, number or secret code of mobile / land

line telephone.

Ask which number have they dialed and for whom?

g.

Never give out any personal information, financial information or

a credit card number during an unsolicited phone survey or sales

promotion.

h.

Do not fall prey to the claim that "You've Won a Prize!" and all the

caller needs is your credit card number.  Tell the caller to notify

you by mail.

If he has your telephone number he should have

your address also, don’t provide anything on your own.

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4. HOW TO HANDLE KIDNAPPING FOR RANSOM

4.1 Give the kidnapper your

pre-determined digital residence telephone

number

(essentially with caller ID) and name to contact.

(negotiator).

4.2 Be calm, family must inform Police on Emergency No.

‘15’

or CPLC

on

(021) 111-222-345

or

3568-3333

immediately, for assistance and

training on how to deal with the situation.

4.3

Decide negotiator within family.

4.4 Father and son should preferably not travel to work together.  Also

do not carry a cheque-book, if necessary write fake / coded balance

on counterfoil, to avoid disclosing actual financial status.

4.5 Discuss within the family how to respond when confronted with such

a situation by any member.

• Salary.

• Home Ownership.

• Vehicles: Self / Company / Leased.

• Bank Balance / Jewelry.

• Mobile Phone Auto-lock.

• Family details / status.

• How not to get intimidated.

4.6 When Women / Girls are Kidnapped while in car how to Escape?

(a) If he has taken you hostage by sitting in the back seat of the car

with a gun,

be calm.

(b) If he tells you to quietly move to the next seat, just get down from

the car and refuse to accompany him.

(c) If you have your child tell him / her to get down softly, but firmly.

(d) Tell him to take your purse, car and whatever is inside quietly,

you assure him you will not report this for an hour, but refuse to

accompany him. Just walk off.

Report it to the Police immediately.

(e) If he tells you to drive off while he is sitting in the back, go ahead

and drive.  View the road and keep your car amongst other cars.

Try to come to a red light at the signal

and bang the car in the

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front.

This will create a commotion.  The criminal will quietly get

down and escape at the first opportunity.

(f) You can now run and shout for help.  Afterwards give your

explanations.  Call CPLC if you need any further assistance.

QUESTIONNAIRE

In case of abduction, the kidnappers pose the following questions.  Prepare

your own answers after discussing with the family.  Do not ever disclose your

true financial status, make up a fabricated income / expenses breakup

leaving very little savings.  Keep a sealed copy of the answers of the

questionnaire at home to refer in any such eventuality.

1. What do you do?

2. What is your salary (Immediately reply, any one figure)?

3. Banker?

4. Bank Balance (Threat; if you have a balance you will be saved, otherwise

shot dead).

5. Jewelry?

6. Wife, Children? Names, Studying etc.?

7. Telephones, how many, numbers?

8. House Rented or Owned?

9. Rented, O.K. give Landlord / Landlady telephone number, how many

children, address etc.  (Check Out).

10. Salary P. F. Collected, any other benefits of company.

11. Car Self or Company’s?  How many cars?  (Remarks; Shoot him!  He

is lying, No! choke him to death with his tie so that there is no noise.

(These are only intimidations to terrorize you).

12. Check his briefcase, wallet etc. Asks details from Cheque Book, Wallet,

Credit Cards, Telephone Numbers etc.

(Write balances on cheque book

in coded language).

13. Slaps, threatens, intimidates, while one member is sympathetic.

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14. Calls leader Sinee / Sardar etc. refers of him often.

15. Asks names of brothers and other family members, what job they do?

income per month? where they live? etc.

16. What will your company pay for you?

17. O.K. give him a telephone, Tell your family to bring jewelry, cash etc.

Minimum 25 lacs or we will kill you.

(False threats, pretend you are

scared, start crying).

18. Never carry excess cash in person.

19. Program your Mobile Phone to

lock outgoing calls by the push of one

button

when abducted.

PLEASE TELL YOUR FAMILY WHAT TO DO IN SUCH A SITUTATION, WHOM

TO CONTACT ETC.

5. SECURE PROPERTY

5.1 Property listed and Coded as per attached performa.

5.2 Cash, Household articles etc. should be preferably insured.

5.3 Please keep valuables in bank lockers.

Jewelry photographed.

5.4 Give special instructions to bank that if signature is deliberately

being extended on a cheque, take the person in custody and call

police.  The gang can be apprehended and it may also result in

saving your life.

5.5 When having a new cheque book issues, please count its leaves in

serial order and its exact.

6. VEHICLE SECURITY

a. Install Vehicle Alarm System.  The latest

Satellite Vehicle Tracking

System

not only secures your Vehicle, but cares for the security

and safety of your family.

b. When approaching a parked car, ensure that no suspicious

person/s are around.

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c. Do not leave children inside parked cars.

Avoid sitting in the

vehicle at roadside or shopping centers.

d. Instruct drivers to park the car at a prominent place, lock it and

stand away from the car while waiting for you to return.

7. WAYS TO HELP PREVENT A CHILD ABDUCTION / MOLESTATION

7.1 Teach your child his full name, your full name, address, and telephone

number.  Make sure you teach him how to make local and long

distance phone calls.  Even a small child can be taught to dial “15”

for help, or ‘3566-2222 / 3568-2222’ CPLC operator.  Find out if “15”

or CPLC is servicing your local area.

7.2 Take head-to-shoulder photos every six months for children aged

six and younger, annually for older children.

7.3 Listen attentively when your child talks about “a man or woman” he

or she met in your absence.  Create an environment in which the

child feels free to talk to you, let him / her know that you are interested

and sensitive to their fears.

7.4 Teach your child not to wander off, to keep you in sight at all times,

and to avoid lonely places.

7.5 Keep your child in sight at all times; when your child is away from

you, know whom he or she is with and where.

7.6 Teach your child never to go anywhere with anyone who doesn’t

know a family “code” word.

7.7 Don’t let your child accept rides from anyone with whom you haven’t

made previous arrangements-even if they are known or a friend of

the family.

7.8 Children should immediately tell you if someone has asked them to

keep a secret from you.

7.9 Never leave your child alone in a public place, stroller or car, not

even for a minute.

7.10 Tell your child about the abduction problem in a calm and simple

way as if you were teaching any other important coping skill.

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7.11 Teach your child that it’s OK to run away or to scream if someone

is making him or her to do something he or she should not do.

7.12 Children should scream and scatter books and belongings, if they

are forced towards a building or a car.

7.13 Children should not take candy or other gifts from strangers or anyone

else without asking a parent first.

7.14 Children should know that no one, even their teacher, does not have

the right to touch any part of their bodies that a bathing suit would cover.

7.15 Accompany your child on the day of issuance of Report Card to school.

8. VALUE OF LIFE  ....

Your life is Priceless. Value it !

8.1 Do not frequently visit Video Shops, avoid public Billiard Places.

8.2 Never ever become friendly with strangers.

8.3 Always keep someone informed or note your fears.

8.4 Identify friends you can be proud of.

8.5 Never get involved with Teachers especially at Tuition Centres, it is

merely infatuation.  It is also a

breach of trust bestowed by your

parents

.  Report all such advances / intentions of your teacher to

your parents / friends / school principal.

8.6 Say No to

Drugs!

9. HOW YOU CAN HELP?

9.1 Educate others what you have learnt regarding personal safety.

9.2 See or Hear anything suspicious / criminal, call

“15”

or

CPLC 3566-2222 / 3568-2222.

9.3 Offer moral and financial support to CPLC and its campaigns.

9.4 Sponsor Neighbourhod Care (CPLC-NC).

i. Keep your area lighted.

ii. Organize Police Patrolling.

iii. Arrange awareness talks / programs.

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HOW TO CONTACT THE POLICE

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If you think a crime is in progress or you see or hear anything suspicious.

DIAL

Before you call,

use your judgment

THINK IS IT AN EMERGENCY

IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT

DIAL 15

Then, false alarm or not, you will have done the right thing.

REMEMBER

When you phone, state your name and address and telephone number

•

Stay where you are

•

Remain calm

•

Do NOT approach suspicious people

•

Continue to watch

If you need any advice or help when it is not an emergency, such as security

advice for your home or a confidential personal matter etc.

Contact your CPLC OFFICE

021- 3566-2222

021-3568-2222

SOME USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS

Your Local Police Station

Your Fire Brigade Officer

Your Ambulance Assistance

Your Family Doctor

CITIZENS-POLICE LIAISON COMMITTEE (021) 111-222-345

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WHAT THE POLICE NEED TO KNOW

If you see or hear anything suspicious or think a crime is being committed

this is the kind of information which will be useful to the police.

Description of a suspicious person

•

Male / Female

•

Face

- Complexion

- Long

- Height

- Thin

- Built

- Round

- Age

- Cleanshaven

- Moustache

•

Hair

- Beard

- Colour

- Length

•

Marks

- Straight

- Scars

- Tattoos

- Curly

- Wavy

•

Mouth

- Narrow

- Receding

- Wide

•

Eyes (colour)

•

Dress

•

Glasses

- Description

of clothing

Description of a suspicious vehicle

- Car / Van / Lorry / Motorbike

- Make / Model

- Colour

- Body type

- Registration number

- Direction

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- Other details damage, company name etc.

If it is an

Otherwise

emergency

phone your local

DIAL

Police Station

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PLEASE KEEP THIS DOCUMENT IN A SAFE PLACE

MARK YOUR

POSSESSIONS WITH

YOUR POSTCODE

followed by your house / flat number (or first

two letters of house/ flat ‘name’), and record

the details on this card.

LOCAL POLICE TEL #

Complete the details for all of your possessions.

If  they are stolen or lost, it will help the police

identify and recover them.

Item Make /

Description Serial No. Value Position

of ‘Mark’

Video & tapes

Home computer equipment

Hi-Fi / Stereo

Television

Radio/s

Camera & equipment

Watches & clocks

Antiques with photographs

Jewelry with photographs

Other valuables

Kitchen electrical

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