Are You Safe?

Off-Campus Safety & Security 

Living off-campus presents new concerns about home safety.  Don’t give anyone the opportunity to make you a victim of crime.

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Contact: Cindy Kozerow, Crime Prevention Specialist, Lynchburg Police Department, (434) 455-6145

Building Safety

Landlords have specific obligations to provide certain safety features, information and basic living needs to tenants:

• Maintain fit and habitable premises
• Provide smoke detectors
• Provide locks in working order on front and rear doors
• Provide reasonable notice to make repairs, routine maintenance, etc..except in case of emergency
• Provide safe plumbing and electrical systems
• Supply heat in season
• Supply running water and reasonable amounts of hot water

Secure Your Home

• Keep house doors locked, even when you are home!
• Secure all windows.
• Keep a light ON when you are OUT.
• Keep radio/TV ON when you are OUT.
• Leave porch lights ON during the night.

Stay Alert to Your Surroundings

• Trust your instincts: if it doesn’t feel right…avoid it!
• Report suspicious people and/or vehicles to the police.
• Make sure your cell phone is fully charged and easily accessible.
• Keep your car locked, with valuables out of sight.
• Be aware of your surroundings upon entering and exiting your home and car.

Safety in Numbers

• Always let someone know where you are going and when to expect you back.
• Never leave a friend at a party if he/she is under the influence of drugs or alcohol or acting out of character.