HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS EDITION
- The Pleasures of Walking
- Keep An Eye on Safety
- Twelve Ways To Get Happy
- Gun Safety For The Family
Many people each year fall victim to pick pocketing or other forms of personal theft. But once you've gone to the police and gotten past the shock, you need o start getting your life back in order, which can be made more difficult if the thief who has just gained access to all you accounts is walking around pretending to be you. Still there are a few steps you can take to protect yourself and your credit rating after you/you've been ripped off.
Cancel all your credit cards immediately. This should be the first thing you do. Call your bank and cancel your cash machine or debit cards. Go to credit report agencies. TRW, Trans-Union and Equifax are all agencies that will represent you when dealing with your creditors to ensure you are treated fairly.
Beware of any individual or credit agency that demands a fee to fix your credit rating after a crime. Legitimate credit agencies such as those listed above, are required by law to stick up for the individual, pro bono. Stay away from credit clinics because they will charge you a substantial fee to do what credit report agencies must do for free.
Last, but not least, file a police report. It may be the best evidence you have to convince creditors that you truly were ripped off.
Hold a fire drill with the whole family, at least twice a year. It only takes a few minutes thinking about what to do in the event of fire. It can save a life if the unthinkable happens to you.
Wireless keychain touchpads - perhaps like no other electronic device - epitomize the magic of modern technology. Keychain touchpads are those little portable push buttons you see people pointing at their cars to unlock doors by remote control. Keychain touchpads 
also arm and disarm security systems and can be programmed to works as a security system panic button. You can use the miniature touchpads from up to 500 feet away so your security system is turned off and your lights are turned on before you enter your home.
having the lights on in advance is a great security measure, and not having to race to turn the stem off before your entry delay expires is a great convenience.
What if a keychain touchpad is lost or stolen? Its unique electronic identity can easily be deleted from the system, rendering it useless.
Contact your Security Pro today for more information.
You worked late tonight. By the time you leave your office, it's almost midnight. Exhausted, you walk out to the parking lot only to discover that your car is gone. It can happen anywhere. In he U.S. alone, one car is stolen every 30 seconds - that's more than a million cars a year. More than 40 percent of the cars stolen in the U.S. have the keys in the ignition, and the doors in 80 percent are not locked. To protect your car from theft, we recommend the following measures.
Lock your car.
Park in well-lighted areas.
When parking, turn your front wheels sharply to the left or right. This makes towing by a thief more difficult.
Do not keep spare keys in the car, even hidden. There probably isn't a hiding place that a thief couldn't find.
Etch your vehicle ID number with an electric engraver in a spot on your car that won't easily be noticed. Thieves commonly replace vehicle ID number labels - your extra precaution will help police trace your car.