Safety Tips for Businesses

Practice Good Security

Good security practices can save money and time and make your business less of a target for the criminal. The Fairfield Police Department recommends the following:

1. Make your business uninviting to a burglar by using lighting inside and outside. Lighting should cover areas like entrances, windows and alleys. Inside the business it is important to use lighting to reduce hiding places for thieves.
2. Make it difficult for burglars to get inside your business. Use heavy, solid doors and use your locks and alarm systems properly. Made sure that skylights, vents, loading docks or other openings can be secured.
3. Do not keep large amounts of cash on the premises. Make bank deposits at varying times of the day.
4. Alarm systems can be very helpful as deterrents and in helping to apprehend burglars so long as they are properly installed, used correctly by employees and maintained.
5. Report suspicious activity and persons to the police.

A crime prevention officer can conduct a security survey of your business and offer additional suggestions. To request a site survey, contact the Community Services Division at 513-896-8292.

Educate Your Employees

Police officers are available to make crime prevention presentations to your employees as well as business and professional groups. Contact the Community Services Division at 513-896-8292.

Complete the Emergency Contact Form

The Fairfield Police Department maintains a business directory that includes a listing of all employees of local businesses with information on how to contact them in case of an emergency. Local businesspersons should stop by the Fairfield Police Department, located in the Fairfield Justice Center at 5230 Pleasant Ave. to update their entry in the directory if they have not done so recently.

Upon request, the police will send an emergency contact form to local businesses for completion. All information supplied to the police for the directory will be used only for official police business and will be held strictly confidential.

More Information

Free informational brochures are available on topics including bad checks, theft, burglary, suspicious activity, fraud, purse snatching and street robbery by visiting the Fairfield Police Department.

To learn more, call the Community Services Division at 513-896-8292.