Take care when parking your vehicle

The SAPS have compiled a list of safety tips for the community to take into account, when they are parking their vehicles:

•  Avoid parking your motor vehicle, where there are no security officers guarding other cars.
• Don’t leave your firearm in the motor vehicle’s glove compartment or anywhere in the vehicle, when you park the vehicle (that is against the law).
• Make sure that all the doors and windows are properly locked, when you park your vehicle.
• Valuable items like a laptop and camera should be put in the boot of your vehicle, if left in the vehicle while parked.
• At night, park in well-lit areas.
• If in doubt about the safety of an area, phone a police station for advice.
• Practice the same prevention skills you apply in parking lots, to garages at home.
• Don’t leave your keys in the ignition.
• Remove detachable radios and the radio’s face, when getting out of the car.
• Try to fit an alarm and/or anti-theft device in your car.

The police are appealing to the community, to take these safety tips to heart.

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