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Keepsafe Extra
Here's some extra advice for you protection:
Don't answer the door if you are at home on your own.
Don't tell anyone over the telephone that you are at home alone.
Say that your mum will ring back, she's in the bath - or any other
excuse you can think of.
Always tell your parents or whoever is taking care of you where
you are going and how you can be contacted.
If you get lost, go to a shop or place with lots of people, and
ask for help or find a policeman or policewoman to ask.
Travel in a carriage of a train where there are other people.
When you're out on your own, keep far enough away from people
you don't know so that you can't be grabbed and could get away.
Never play in dark or deserted places.
Carry enough money for your return trip home and never spend it
on anything else.
Memorise your telephone number and address.
Know how to contact your parents or a neighbour.
Learn how to use the telephone in a call box.
If you have no money, but need to ring home in an emergency, dial
100 and ask the operator to place a reverse charge call.
Learn how to make an emergency telephone call:
- Dial 999 and the operator will say "Emergency, what is your
number?"
- Give the telephone number you are speaking from.
- The operator asks "which service do you want?" You say
"police".
- They put you through to the police, who will ask you for the telephone
number again, your name and where you are, so they can find you.
Then you tell them what's wrong.
This sounds like it would take a long time, but usually happens very
quickly.
Always get an adult to make an emergency telephone call, if possible.
No one should ever make one unless there is a real emergency.
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