Guest column: Summer safety tips

Please share with family and friends the following summer safety tips:

1. Drink water;
2. Visit elderly people who live alone;
3. While vacationing, have mail and newspaper deliveries stopped;
4. Ladies: have a used pair of men's work boots on your porch;
5. Call your local police department and have your home placed on special attention
6. Place an alarm company sign in the front yard;
7. Surveillance cameras are helpful on the home;
8. Cut shrubs, trees, and grass on a regular basis;
9. Introduce yourself to neighbors and tell them what you want them to know (i.e. my nephew is a police commissioner);
10. Have your lighting/sprinkler system on a timer;
11. Fireworks are dangerous, be careful;
12. Basketball hoops and illegally opened fire hydrants should be reported immediately;
13. Squatting is illegal, call the police;
14. Don't get directly involved in police matters...be a good witness instead;
15. When throwing away boxes from expensive purchases, reduce boxes to fit in trash cans;
16. Get a shredder for old paperwork to reduce the chance of identity theft;
17. Change up your travel pattern, times of departure and arrival times;
18. Stop telling people all of your business;
19. Don't volunteer information over the telephone; and
20. Don't leave items you care about to be kept in open view for all to see

IMPORTANT: This is going to be a hot summer.....please look after each other!!!!

This guest column was submitted by Commissioner Ricardo Moore, who represents the Warrendale and surrounding neighborhoods on the Detroit Police Commission.