Halloween Safety
Halloween is an exciting time for everyone. As the festivities
begin, concern about child safety should be foremost on your
mind. Here are crime prevention tips to make your family’s night
FUN and ghoulish!
For emergencies, call 911
Safety Tips:
◊ Check your children’s candy before they eat it! Send them out with safe “starter”
candy.
◊ Remind children to NEVER enter anyone’s home or car.
◊ Have all children trick or treat in groups.
◊ Set a time for trick or treaters to be home and remind them to call 911 if there is
unlawful or suspicious activity.
◊ Tie small glow sticks or use refl ective tape on your child’s costume so they are easily
seen in the dark.
◊ Always walk. Never run across a street.
◊ Have adults walk the neighborhood to discourage malicious mischief and keep
children safe.
◊ Remind children to stay in populated places and not use back alleys or fi elds.
◊ Avoid replica toy guns - They may be mistaken for the real thing!
◊ Children should obey all traffi c signs and look before crossing the street. Never cross
between parked cars, in the middle of a block or diagonally through intersections.
◊ Do not leave your home unattended - Keep pets inside.
◊ Use Jack-O-Lanterns or high intensity glow sticks to light porch steps. Make sure
trick or treaters are safe.
◊ Only give out commercially wrapped treats.
◊ Have an old fashioned neighborhood Halloween block party to get to know neighbors.
◊ Obey all traffi c and pedestrian regulations.
◊ Only trick or treat in neighborhoods where you know residents and at houses with
porch lights on.
◊ Make sure young children are accompanied by an adult or responsible teenager
when they go door-to-door.
www.ci.lake-stevens.wa.us
cbrooks@ci.lake-stevens.wa.us
Lake Stevens Police Department
