Do you feel safe at home?

Does your partner ever...
Put you down, humiliate you, or call you names?
Drive recklessly to scare you?
Frighten you with threats of violence or throw things when angry?
Hit or kick you and then blame you for it?
Promise you it won’t happen again... but it does?

Safety at home - When abusive partner is there:
Stay out of rooms with no exit
Avoid rooms that may have weapons
Select a code word that alerts friends and children to call the police
Leave a suitcase and checklist items with a friend
Stay near a phone
Protect your children

When abusive partner has moved out:
Obtain an Order of Protection
Change locks on doors and windows
Insert a peephole in the door
Change telephone number, screen calls and block caller ID
Get a 911 cell phone
Install/Increase outside lighting
Inform landlord or neighbor of situation and ask that police be called if
      abusive partner is seen around the house

Safety at work:
Tell your employer
Give security a photo of abusive partner and a copy of Order of        Protection
Screen your calls
Have an escort to your bus or car
Vary your route home
Carry a noisemaker or personal alarm
Plan and rehearse an escape route with your children
If it is safe, teach them a code word to call 911 and how to use a public       phone
Let school personnel know to whom children can be released