CRime Prevention Tips

The first step to prevent crime or becoming a crime victim is to accept shared responsibility.

Crime prevention is not just a law enforcement problem. Each one of us is responsible for crime prevention.

When crime occurs, it affects everyone in our neighborhood.

Decisions we make everyday can either provide or deny an opportunity for crime to occur.

Cameras are an excellent tool to deter crime. However, cameras do not prevent all crime.

Listed below are some choices residents can make to increase personal and neighborhood safety.

Program (901) 545-2677 and 911 into your telephones. If you have speed dial option, keep numbers there to save valuable minutes when you need to call.
Get to know your neighbors. Watch out for one another.
Be alert and aware of your surroundings, even in your own yard.
Avoid distractions of phones and music while entering/exiting your home or moving about during your daily activities.
Look up and down our streets every day as you walk, bike or drive by.
Keep your head up. Make eye contact. Don't look like an easy target.
Walk, run, or bike with a friend.
Immediately call the Memphis Police Department Non-Emergency Number (901) 545-COPS (2677) to report suspicious or concerning activity. If an emergency, call 911.
Read Yorkshire Neighborhood Watch bulletins (both private and public) to stay abreast of neighborhood information and MPD suggestions.
Have reflective address numbers visible on both the front and back of your home.
Use solid doors for all outside exits (without large glass areas or decorative panels).
While in your yard, secure the entrances to your home.
Install outdoor lighting to increase visibility around your home at night.
Turn on your porch and other exterior lights when it is dark outside.
Report street light outages promptly to MLGW at either http://service.mlgw.org/streetlightoutage/streetlight_outage_report.php or (901) 820-7878.
Park your vehicles in the garage or under the carport close to the house. If your car is stored in a carport or parked near your house, leave your exterior lights on throughout the night.
Remove all valuables from your vehicles. Even a quarter is a "valuable." (Today's criminal mindset is, "If you want it, take it with you. If you leave it, it's mine.")
Turn off the ignition, take your keys, and lock doors, windows, & sunroof as you exit vehicles.
Store lawn, garden, sports equipment, and outdoor toys immediately after each use. (It takes mere minutes to load your property in a waiting vehicle.)
Close and lock all doors or gates to your home, backyard, garage, carport storage, and storage buildings.
Discourage itinerant workers by not hiring them. Instead, ask neighbors for recommendations.
Close your drapes or blinds when it's dark outside so criminals cannot see valuables inside your home.
Use your home security system.
Maintain home surveillance cameras in good working order.
Create the illusion someone is at home when you're away. A home that looks occupied deters crime. (For example, see Summer Vacation tips here.)
Inventory your property and record serial numbers. Take photos or video. Store all this data in a safe place. (MPD CyberWatch "My Valuables" is one option to consider. You may create a CyberWatch online account via https://mdsas.memphispolice.org/cw/n/cw_signup.php.)
Come to Mount Moriah Station (MMS) Neighborhood Watch meetings at the precinct located at 2602 Mount Moriah Road on the 2nd Tuesdays, 6:00 PM, typically during the months of January through October, to learn from law enforcement.
At any time you see or hear something concerning or out of the ordinary, call the MPD Non-Emergency Number (901) 545-COPS (2677) immediately. If an emergency, call 911.

Updated 11/10/2019

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