Feel free to add to this post with your own suggestions. I'll start with a few of mine.
- Before engaging the trespasser(s), take down as much information as you can regarding make, model, color, plate number, descriptions, etc. This will be helpful if the situation goes south. In addition, people behave better when they know that they can be identified. Feel free to let them see you record this information before you even get close enough to speak to them. It's been my experience that they will leave without my even saying a word once they realize you are writing the information down. (They know they are not suppose to be there anyhow)
- Train a CCTV camera on the area where you will engage them. Zoom in if you have the capability. This will help to refute false accusations regarding the way you handled the problem.
- When speaking to the party, do so with a helpful tone to avoid agitating the person(s). Of course, if it's clear that their presence is for a sinister purpose, then a firm command to leave at once will let them know you mean business.
POST ON......
- Before engaging the trespasser(s), take down as much information as you can regarding make, model, color, plate number, descriptions, etc. This will be helpful if the situation goes south. In addition, people behave better when they know that they can be identified. Feel free to let them see you record this information before you even get close enough to speak to them. It's been my experience that they will leave without my even saying a word once they realize you are writing the information down. (They know they are not suppose to be there anyhow)
- Train a CCTV camera on the area where you will engage them. Zoom in if you have the capability. This will help to refute false accusations regarding the way you handled the problem.
- When speaking to the party, do so with a helpful tone to avoid agitating the person(s). Of course, if it's clear that their presence is for a sinister purpose, then a firm command to leave at once will let them know you mean business.
POST ON......

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