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Hire
qualified / experienced chowkidars
only.
Check the antecedents / credentials
of chowkidars and domestic servants
before hiring them. Insist on references
from their previous employers. Furnish
their full particulars to your police
station in the format suggested by
them.
Always employ different chowkidars
for day and night duties.
Secretaries of the Socities should
be advised to brief all the security
men/ chowkidars/ lift men about various
aspects of security. some of them
are;
1. To make enquiry if a taxi or autorikshaw
is seen parked inside the compound
or outside the building
for a long time.
2. To make enquiry with the people
bringing in or taking out heavy parcels,
suitcases, etc.
3. Inform Police in case they find
any vehicle parked inside the building
(if ownership is not known) for a
long time.
4.
The secretary of the society should
be advised to brief all the residents
on the following:
5. That whenever they employ any new
servant, police station should be
informed. His photographs, fingerprints
and other details must be obtained.
6. Whenever any family plans to go
out of the city for a long time, they
should inform Police (beat officers),
so that special watch can be kept.
7. They should be advised to install
a door with iron bars inside the flat,
superior quality night latches and
special eye lens on the main door,
so that the door is opened only after
identifying the visitors. Ideally,
interaction with strangers and vendors
should be through the grilled door.
Also install a high wattage light
source with pilfer proof cover outside
the main door.
8. They should not keep huge cash,
valuable ornaments etc., in the house
but may use bank lockers.
9. They should avoid discussing money
transactions and other important family
matters in the presence of servants/
outsiders.
10. They should not humiliate the
servants on petty matters. Nor should
they penalise them for small damages.
11. It is important to inform the
Police about any suspicious happening
or unclaimed object found in suspicious
circumstances. Extend full cooperation
to the Police.
12. A special register should
be maintained at every society and
kept in the custody of the chowkidar
or in the society's office. Whenever
Police officers visit the area, they
should make an entry in such registers.
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