Do you feel safe at home?
Does your partner ever...
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Put you down, humiliate you, or call you names?
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Drive recklessly to scare you?
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Frighten you with threats of violence or throw things when angry?
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Hit or kick you and then blame you for it?
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Promise you it won’t happen again... but it does?
Safety at home - When abusive partner is there:
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Stay out of rooms with no exit
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Avoid rooms that may have weapons
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Select a code word that alerts friends and children to call the police
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Leave a suitcase and checklist items with a friend
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Stay near a phone
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Protect your children
When abusive partner has moved out:
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Obtain an Order of Protection
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Change locks on doors and windows
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Insert a peephole in the door
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Change telephone number, screen calls and block caller ID
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Get a 911 cell phone
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Install/Increase outside lighting
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Inform landlord or neighbor of situation and ask that police be called if abusive partner is seen around the house
Safety at work:
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Tell your employer
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Give security a photo of abusive partner and a copy of Order of Protection
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Screen your calls
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Have an escort to your bus or car
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Vary your route home
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Carry a noisemaker or personal alarm
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Plan and rehearse an escape route with your children
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If it is safe, teach them a code word to call 911 and how to use a public phone
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Let school personnel know to whom children can be released