Many people assume that crime prevention is solely the responsibility of the Police Service. Crime prevention is, in fact, the responsibility of every person resident in Bermuda. The public has a duty to assist the Police Service when called upon to do so, and to take precautions to safeguard their property, their families and themselves.

The Bermuda Crime Prevention Unit was established in 1977 as an advisory arm of the Police Service to offer security advice and recommendations to individuals and businesses, to monitor trends in crime, to keep the public abreast of those trends and to establish and maintain crime prevention programmes. Members of the Unit also produce the Police Service’s crime prevention literature, give talks to interested groups and visit homes and businesses to conduct ‘on site’ security reviews.

Advisory Brochures

Home Security: This basic home security brochure offers advice on how to secure doors, windows, the outside of your home and the valuables inside your home.

Fold-Out Home Security Chart: The chart depicts an imaginary Bermuda home containing every type of door and window currently found in Island homes. Advice is given on how to secure the whole house.

Neighbourhood Watch: This brochure explains the concept of Neighbourhood Watch including how to go about establishing a group and what is involved once a group is formed.

What Is Child Abuse?: This brochure outlines the various forms of child abuse and provides information on how to recognise victims along with abusers and a list of available help groups.

Protecting Your Child: Brochure provides practical advice to prevent children from becoming victims of abuse and molestation and how to help and support an abused child.

Business Security: Brochure provides advice to the business community concerning the physical security of their properties, outside lighting, burglar alarm systems and how to properly install security bars.

Shoplifting Prevention: Besides identifying those persons most likely to shoplift, this brochure also deals with the procedures to follow when detaining a suspected shoplifter.

Cheque Forging: Brochure includes general advice on cheque forging together with guidelines for accepting cheques in the course of business.

Counterfeit Currency: Everybody resident in Bermuda should have some idea of how to distinguish genuine money from counterfeit. This brochure deals with both Bermuda and United States currency.

Security Advice For Women: Brochure offers advice to women of all ages and gives suggestions on what to do in a variety of given situations. Also explains how to give a good description to Police.

Senior Citizens Advice: Brochure offers advice for Bermuda’s senior citizens. Including security aspects on the street, when arriving home and in the home itself.

Other Literature

Policy On Intruder Alarms: A manual for those persons and businesses which have alarm systems linked either directly to Police or a central station.

Self-Adhesive Labels

‘Check Those Cheques’ Cards: Advice at a glance when accepting cheques in the course of business. Designed to be placed directly onto cash registers or immediately beside them.

‘Neighbourhood Watch’ Decals: For affixing to the exterior of doors and windows of homes in Police approved Neighbourhood Watch groups.

Police Posters

• Posters are available on the following subjects:

• Neighbourhood Watch
• Home Security 
• ‘U’ Mark 
• The Children’s Code 
• Thefts from Handbags 
• Shoplifting 
• Home Security Chart

Brochures and bicycle identity cards may be obtained from all Police Stations and Public Libraries. ‘U’ Mark decals, ‘Check Those Cheques’ decals and ‘Neighbourhood Watch’ decals may be obtained, together with posters, from the Police Crime Prevention Unit. The ‘Policy on Intruder Alarms’ manual is normally distributed to subscribers by their alarm companies.