Safety Tips

There are a variety of actions you can take every day to ensure the safety of yourself and your loved ones. The Safety Tips below offer a number of suggestions to reduce the risk of becoming a victim of crime and precautions to ensure physical safety.

Social Media Apps Parents Should Know About

The Mount Carmel Police Department would like to educate parents on various social media apps that may require extra attention as It relates to the overall safety of your children. Although apps themselves do not pose an actual threat to their safety, they can provide an opportunity to expose,…

School Bus Safety Tips

School buses are one of the safest forms of transportation in the nation—nearly 2,000 times safer than the family car. Accidents are rare because school districts and the school bus contractors who serve them work hard to train drivers to avoid getting into accidents.

Each fall during…

Protecting Your Private Information

There are a number of ways that you can protect your private information and reduce the risk of becoming a victim of identity theft.

Passwords

Whether on the Internet or using an online banking program, you are often required to use a password. The worst ones to use are the ones…

Residential Safety Tips

In order to protect yourself and your belongings, Mount Carmel Police encourage you to follow the tips below:

“Casing” your own home, at night and during the day. Attempt to gain access to your home when the doors and windows are locked and “secure.” Make sure you have some…

Active Shooter

An “active shooter” is an individual who is engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases, active shooters use firearms(s) and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims.

Victims are selected at random
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Prepare Your Family For Disaster

Because your family may not be together when a disaster strikes it is important to create a plan in advance. It is also essential to have a disaster supplies kit that includes basic items from your home that you may need in case of emergency. Your plan should include:

How…

Stop The Bleed

Stop the Bleed

Stop the Bleed is a national awareness campaign and call-to-action. Stop the Bleed is intended to cultivate grassroots efforts that encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives.

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Gun Safety

In the state of Illinois, a FOID card is a Firearm Owners Identification card – and residents need one to legally possess or purchase firearms or ammunition in the state. The applicable law has been in effect since 1968.

https://www.ispfsb.com/Public/FOID.aspx

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Safety Tips

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