ARTICLES ON STAYING SAFE
Gang Prevention through Parental Involvement
Signs your Child May be in a Gang Parents often lack factual information about gangs. Many gang members have become knowledgeable about the law and, as a result, have minimized their visibility. In the past, there was a high level of pride associa...
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Posted by: Liz Warren
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Published: 7/31/12
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Burglary Prevention Tip: LOCKS
Residential Burglaries continue to be a problem and many are preventable. Each week we will continue to highlight precautions you can take to keep your home safe. BURGLARY PREVENTION TIP OF THE WEEK: “Locks” Intruders often gain entry ...
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Posted by: Liz Warren
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Published: 7/26/12
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HOME SECURITY 101 Knock, knock....who's there?
No it's not a joke, its real life...knowing when to open and when not to open the front door. It is important to have a family action plan in place for how to handle the infamous "knock knock” at the front door. The general rule of ...
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Posted by: Liz Warren
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Published: 7/25/12
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How to be a Good Witness
Becoming a victim and/or witnessing a crime can be a traumatic experience. Should you become an unexpected victim or witness of a crime, you should immediately call 9-1-1. While you are waiting for the police to arrive and/or dispatch to ask you q...
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Posted by: Liz Warren
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Published: 7/25/12
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Suspicious Vehicles
Residential Burglaries continue to be a problem and many are preventable. Over the next several weeks, we will continue to highlight precautions you can take to keep Fremont safe for you and your neighbors. BURGLARY PREVENTION TIP OF THE WEEK: &ld...
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Posted by: Liz Warren
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Published: 7/20/12
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Silent Witness Hotline
(510)578-4965 The Newark Police Department has a dedicated phone number for citizens to call with information that may help solve and prevent crime. The Silent Witness Hotline at (510)578-4965 allows members of the community to report information ...
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Posted by: Liz Warren
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Published: 7/11/12
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Is Someone Knocking at Your Door?
Summer is here and residential burglaries continue to be a problem. Over the next several weeks we will highlight precautions you can take to help keep your home and neighborhood safe. We continue to ask that our community be alert and on the look...
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Posted by: Liz Warren
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Published: 7/11/12
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Never Leave a Child or Pet Alone in an Unattended Vehicle
With the temperature in Fremont projected to be more than 80 degrees today, it’s time to remind our community not to leave children or pets alone in unattended vehicles. From 1998 to May 2011, a reported 500 children died in locked vehicles,...
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Posted by: Liz Warren
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Published: 7/10/12
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Wear Your Seat Belt!
Although California boasts one of the highest seat belt use rates in the nation at 96.6 percent that still leaves more than one million motorists who are at risk for serious injury and death. In 2010, estimates are that over 1,300 lives were saved...
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Posted by: Liz Warren
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Published: 7/9/12
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Children should never be left alone in your car!
We all know the sadness and disbelief we feel when we read local headlines about a child dying after being left unattended in a hot car. In the last twelve years, nationwide over 450 children have died after being left in a hot car (sometimes on r...
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Posted by: Liz Warren
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Published: 6/14/12
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Travel Safety
It’s travel season. Here are some helpful tips to keep you and your family safe while traveling: 1. Don't answer the door in a hotel or motel room without verifying who it is. If a person claims to be an employee, call the front desk and...
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Posted by: Liz Warren
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Published: 6/11/12
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Seat Belt and Passenger Safety
Traffic collisions are the leading cause of death of children in the country. Sadly, more than half of the children who die in collisions are not properly restrained in child safety seats or are unrestrained altogether. Many of these children woul...
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Posted by: Liz Warren
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Published: 5/30/12
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Teen Driving Contract
When teens negotiate their own set of car keys, parents worry that they’ve said goodbye to all control. It’s true that teens experience a new sense of freedom when they get their licenses. But they often don’t understand the resp...
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Posted by: Liz Warren
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Published: 5/23/12
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Stop Bullying
Information and Resources to Help Prevent the Serious Problem of Bullying Bullying has become a tidal wave of epic proportions. Although bullying was once considered a rite of passage, parents, educators, and community leaders now see bullying as ...
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Posted by: Liz Warren
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Published: 5/9/12
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Teach Kids About Strangers
What to Teach Kids about Strangers Information about the differences between strangers kids should look out for and strangers kids can trust. Kids see strangers every day in stores, in the park, and in their neighborhoods. Most of these strangers ...
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Posted by: Liz Warren
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Published: 4/25/12
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Social Networking Safety Tips
It’s no question that social networking Web sites are growing rapidly every day. This growing trend of sharing yourself more and more online; safety is often overlooked. Setting forth some safety guidelines will benefit the users of social n...
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Posted by: Liz Warren
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Published: 4/24/12
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