20 Tips to Avoid Becoming a Crime Victim
- Safety in numbers - walk with a friend.
- Travel well lit, heavily used paths.
- Know your surroundings.
- Vary your routine: different routes, different times.
- Lock your doors and windows.
- Engrave your personal belongings - Operation I.D.
- Place identifiable marks on and in textbooks.
- Stay in laundry room while doing laundry.
- Mark your laundry with permanent ink.
- Avoid excessive use of alcohol and do not use drugs.
- Register bikes with Public Safety.
- Lock your bike with a good quality lock.
- Report suspicious activity.
- Report all crimes; you may not be the only victim.
- Keep access numbers for money access cards separate from the cards themselves.
- Limit phone conversations with unknown callers.
- If victim of obscene phone call - hang up immediately.
- Do not loan out your calling card.
- Don't drink and drive.
- Use KU's On-Campus Safety Escort service.
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