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Domestic Violence Safety Plan
Domestic Violence Safety Plan
Do You Feel Safe at Home? You Can.
24-hour National hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
Getting Out Now - Quick List
Keep this information with you.
- Identification: Driver's license and birth certificates
- Money: ATM card, credit cards and checkbooks
- Legal papers: Protective order and medical records
- Important personal items: Keys and medicine
Safety at home
When abuser 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 police.
- Leave suitcase and checklist items with a friend.
When abuser 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.
- Install/increase outside lighting.
- Consider getting a dog
- Inform landlord or neighbor of situation, and ask that police be called if abuser is seen around the house.
Safety at work
What to do:
- Tell your employer
- Give security a photo of abuser and order of protection.
- Screen your calls.
- Have an escort to your car or bus.
- Vary your route home.
- Consider a cell phone for your car.
- Carry a noisemaker or personal alarm.
Protecting your children
What to do:
- 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 telephone.
- Let school personnel know to whom children can be released.
- Give school personnel a photo of abuser.
- Warn school personnel not to divulge your address and phone number.
Get an order of protection
What to do:
- Call (602) 506-SELF (7353) to learn about an order of protection and injunction against harassment.
- Call the Police to get an immediate Order of Protection.
- Keep your order with you at ALL times, and give copies to family, friends, schools, employers and babysitters.
IN AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY
DO NOT HESITATE- TAKE ACTION:
- Go to an emergency room if you need medical help.
- Take pictures of bruises and injuries.
National Domestic Violence Hotline:
1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
1-800-787-3224 (TDD)
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