DON’T BECOME A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!
Thursday, August 5th, 2010 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Domestic violence: How does this relate to Locksmithing? I will tell a brief true story. Several years ago I lived in a small town in central Illinois. I worked with a young woman who was mistreated by her live in boyfriend. He was physically and verbally abusive. She pressed charges and he was arrested for domestic battery and was being kept in the county jail. She had an order of protection order placed against him while he was in jail. After work one evening she returned home and found him in her apartment. He still had a copy of the key. Before she returned home he had filled the bath tub and was going to drown her. Thankfully a close friend of hers had been trying to call her and after several attempts, contacted the police and he was not able to finish with what he intended.
This could have been avoided by having her locks re-keyed. It certainly would have made it more difficult for him to get into her home. Remember order of protections and restraining orders are a good idea to help protect people, but they are only paper. Make sure that your locks are working properly, that you know who has keys. If you have a security system, use it. It would not hurt to have some sort of self defense equipment inside your home, such as pepper spray, personal alarms, stun gun. Of course all personal defense products should be kept out of reach of children, but in a place that you can get to in a hurry. www.locksnmore.com offers home re-keying and other locksmith services at the best prices you can find. We also have aligned ourselves with a company that specializes in personal security and safety products. See our web site for more information on Locks-N-More, and visit our product pages.
Be aware and be safe.