Safety
Planning
Safety Plan.pdf
or
Below is a link to sample Safety Plan from Texas Council on Family Violence.
http://www.tcfv.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/safety.pdf
Safety Plan.pdf
or
Below is a link to sample Safety Plan from Texas Council on Family Violence.
http://www.tcfv.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/safety.pdf
Domestic
Violence
Personal Safety Plan
TEXAS COUNCIL ON FAMILY VIOLENCE
P.O. BOX 161810,Austin, TX 78716
512/794-1133
www.tcfv.org
You have a right to be safe!
No one deserves to be hit or threatened. If you are being hurt by someone you love, make plans and take precautions to keep yourself and your children safe. Here are some suggestions that have helped other people in situations like yours.
Safety during an explosive incident
A. If there is an argument, try to be in a place that has an exit and not in a bathroom, kitchen, or room that
may contain weapons.
B. Practice getting out of your home safely. Identify which doors, windows, elevator, or stairwell to use.
C. Pack a bag, and have it ready at a friend's or relative's house.
D. Identify one or more neighbors you can tell about the violence, and ask them to call the police if they
hear a disturbance coming from your home.
E. Devise a code word to use with your children, family, friends, and neighbors when you need the police.
F. Decide and plan where you will go if you ever have to leave home.
G. Use your instincts and judgment. In some dangerous situations, give the abuser what he wants to calm
him down.
Remember, you don't deserve to be hit or threatened!
Safety in your own residence
A. If you stay in your home, lock your windows and change the locks on your doors as soon as possible.
B. Develop a safety plan with your children for when you are not with them.
C. Inform your child's school, day care, etc., about who has permission to pick up your child.
D. Inform neighbors and the landlord that your partner no longer lives with you, and they should call the police if they see him/her near your home.
E. Never call the abuser from your home, the abuser may find out where you live. Never tell the abuser
where you live.
F. Request an unlisted /unpublished number from the telephone company.
Safety on the job and in public
A. Decide who at work you will inform of your situation. Include the security officers at work (if possible,
provide them with a picture of your batterer).
B. When at work, if possible, have someone screen your telephone calls.
C. Have someone escort you to and from your car, bus, or train.
D. If at all possible, use a variety of routes to come and go from home.
Emergency numbers
Police Emergency Number
911
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1/800/799-SAFE (7233)
1/800/787-3224 (TTY) for the Deaf
Women's Advocacy Project
Family Violence Hotline
1/800/374-HOPE (4673)
Texas Department of Human Services
Abuse Hotline
1/800/252-5400
Telephone numbers in your area:
Panhandle Crisis Center:
806-435-5008
1-800-753-5308
Police Department:
___________________
County Attorney's Office
___________________
Hospital
___________________
Personal Safety Plan
TEXAS COUNCIL ON FAMILY VIOLENCE
P.O. BOX 161810,Austin, TX 78716
512/794-1133
www.tcfv.org
You have a right to be safe!
No one deserves to be hit or threatened. If you are being hurt by someone you love, make plans and take precautions to keep yourself and your children safe. Here are some suggestions that have helped other people in situations like yours.
Safety during an explosive incident
A. If there is an argument, try to be in a place that has an exit and not in a bathroom, kitchen, or room that
may contain weapons.
B. Practice getting out of your home safely. Identify which doors, windows, elevator, or stairwell to use.
C. Pack a bag, and have it ready at a friend's or relative's house.
D. Identify one or more neighbors you can tell about the violence, and ask them to call the police if they
hear a disturbance coming from your home.
E. Devise a code word to use with your children, family, friends, and neighbors when you need the police.
F. Decide and plan where you will go if you ever have to leave home.
G. Use your instincts and judgment. In some dangerous situations, give the abuser what he wants to calm
him down.
Remember, you don't deserve to be hit or threatened!
Safety in your own residence
A. If you stay in your home, lock your windows and change the locks on your doors as soon as possible.
B. Develop a safety plan with your children for when you are not with them.
C. Inform your child's school, day care, etc., about who has permission to pick up your child.
D. Inform neighbors and the landlord that your partner no longer lives with you, and they should call the police if they see him/her near your home.
E. Never call the abuser from your home, the abuser may find out where you live. Never tell the abuser
where you live.
F. Request an unlisted /unpublished number from the telephone company.
Safety on the job and in public
A. Decide who at work you will inform of your situation. Include the security officers at work (if possible,
provide them with a picture of your batterer).
B. When at work, if possible, have someone screen your telephone calls.
C. Have someone escort you to and from your car, bus, or train.
D. If at all possible, use a variety of routes to come and go from home.
Emergency numbers
Police Emergency Number
911
National Domestic Violence Hotline
1/800/799-SAFE (7233)
1/800/787-3224 (TTY) for the Deaf
Women's Advocacy Project
Family Violence Hotline
1/800/374-HOPE (4673)
Texas Department of Human Services
Abuse Hotline
1/800/252-5400
Telephone numbers in your area:
Panhandle Crisis Center:
806-435-5008
1-800-753-5308
Police Department:
___________________
County Attorney's Office
___________________
Hospital
___________________