Rape Awareness

For more information about rape visit our website www.devon-cornwall.police.uk

Tips on staying safe

There are steps you can take to help keep yourself safe. Many sexual offences take occur when alcohol is involved in a night out. Dont take your safety for granted!

The following tips, can help to keep you safe:
Before you go out * Plan your journey to and from home. * Make sure that someone knows where you are going and what time you will be home. * Dont go to a pub, club or party on you own. Friends should watch out for each other. * Make sure your mobile phone is charged and you have credit.

When youre out * Remember that alcohol can affect your actions and reactions as well as reduce your ability to be alert. * If you begin to feel really drunk after only a couple of drinks, get help from a trusted friend or a member of the club or pub management. * Stay away from situations that you do not feel comfortable with. * Make sure you set aside cash for your journey home. * Dont drink so much that you are unable to say NO!

Coming home from a night out * Stick with your friends, dont leave them to make their way home with someone theyve only just met. * Consider very carefully whether you should leave the pub, club or party with someone you have only just met. * Always try to pre-book a taxi through a licensed minicab office, and make sure the taxi that you get into is actually the taxi that you ordered. * Sit in the rear of the vehicle and always carry a mobile phone or rape alarm.

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Education

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