Take a Bite Out of Crime 
The San Bruno Police Department's Crime Prevention Unit and The San Bruno Crime Prevention Commitee Offer the Following Tips:
1. Teach you child to let a trusted adult know where you will be.
2. Teach your child to walk in pairs.
3. Teach your child not to be afraid to call for help.
4. Teach your child to memorize their full name, address and phone number, including area code, state and zip code.
5. Teach your child to yell "help me" and run away if a stranger touches or grabs them, then tell a parent or trusted adult.
6. Teach your child how to use the telephone, how to make calls to the operator and how to dial emergency numbers, like 911.
7. Teach your child that a stranger is someone they and you do not know well.
8. Teach your child to never enter a strangers car or home.
9. Teach your child to keep the doors locked and only admit authorized people to their home.
10. Teach your child that they are safer playing and walking with friends.
11. Teach your child to never wander away from you or your yard unless they tell you and receive permission.
12. Teach your child to tell you if something strange or uncomfortable has happened to them.
13. Teach your child to never give information about themselves (including home phone) to anyone except authorized persons.
A Child Safety Tip, from the Members of San Bruno P.D.
Neighborhood Watch Program
The Neigborhood Watch Program is a highly successful effort that has been in existence for more than thirty years in cities and counties across America. It provides a unique infrastructure that brings together local officials, law enforcement and citizens to protect our communities.
Around the country, neighbors for three decades have banded together to create Neighborhood Watch programs. They understand that the active participation of neighborhood residents is a critical element in community safety - not through vigilantism, but simply through a willingness to look out for suspicious activity in their neighborhood, and report that activity to law enforcement and to each other. In doing so, residents take a major step toward reclaiming high-crime neighborhoods, as well as making people throughout a community feel more secure and less fearful.
In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the need for strengthening and securing our communities has become even more critical, and Neighborhood Watch groups have taken on greater significance. In addition to serving a crime prevention role, Neighborhood Watch can also be used as the basis for bringing neighborhood residents together to focus on disaster preparedness as well as terrorism awareness; to focus on evacuation drills and exercises; and even to organize group training, such as the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training.
Many neighborhoods already have established Neighborhood Watch programs that are vibrant and effective. For those that do not, the San Bruno Police Department is prepared to work with residents to participate in this important community-based effort on behalf of their friends and neighbors. And when you help your neighbors, you help your community.
Be part of the Neighborhood Watch Program.
For more information contact Support Services Officer Anthony Perkins at (650) 616-7115 or via email at aperkins@sanbruno.ca.gov
