Going away for the holidays
Thieves are often on the look-out for homes that seem empty, particularly during holiday-times, as they know a lot of people go away.
Follow our advice to help prevent your home being burgled:
Make your home look like someone is living in it, e.g. don't close your curtains. Use automatic timer-switches to turn your lights and radios on.
Cancel newspaper or milk deliveries.
Use the Royal Mail's "keepsafe" service.
Bogus policeman warning
Drivers are being warned to watch out for a bogus policeman after a driver was fined by a man posing to be one in Suffolk.
The victim was stopped by a Ford Mondeo with a blue light on the front grill. The Mondeo driver wore dark jeans, a light T-shirt and a dark jacket and said that he was a police officer. He told the victim he had been speeding and asked for a £60 fine.
Police are now issuing drivers with advice on how to tell if a police officer is genuine.
Online dating safety
Keep safe when you date online.
Online dating and social networking websites are getting more and more popular. But how safe are they and how safe is your information?
Make a separate email account for dating websites from a free provider and set up a different messenger account.
Do not reveal much in the chats. Online predators can pick apart your conversation to piece together your whereabouts.
Keep a record of your conversations. This will ensure you have evidence if you run into problems with them later.