McLeod Alliance for Victims of Domestic Violence Safety Planning
McLeod Alliance for Victims of Domestic Violence Safety Planning
Always plan for safety! What can I do to keep me and my children safe?
- Personalized Safety Plan
- Safety during an explosive incident
- Safety when preparing to leave
- Safety in the home with your abusive partner gone
- Safety on the job and in public
- Your safety and emotional health
- CHECKLIST: What you need to take if you leave
- Important phone numbers you may need
FOR HELP with your safety plan, support, legal rights and options, contact McLeod Alliance for Victims of Domestic Violence at:
1-800-934-0851 (outside Hutchinson area)
1-320-234-7933
Phones are answered 24 hours a day by an advocate!
Email Safety
Your email can be accessed by your abuser if you share the same computer. A better alternative is to use Web based email. Many sites offer web based email for free. You can access your mail without any evidence being left on your computer. Another option is to access your email from a public computer such as a library.
Clearing Your Browser
Please follow the directions below to help maintain your privacy while using your computer.
INTERNET EXPLORER
Click on the Tools menu, then on Internet Options.
Click on the Delete Cookies button (this may not be there, if not go to next step)
Click on the Delete Files button click OK
Click on the Settings button
Click on the View Files button
Click on the Edit menu then click Select All
Hold down SHIFT and push the DELETE
(Holding down the shift key and pushing delete will permanently delete the files without using the recycle bin)
Close this window, then click OK
Click on the Clear History button
Hold down the CTRL (control) key and push H (this will bring up the history window)
If you see a heading called Today, right-click on it and click Delete
Hold down CTRL and push H again (this will close the history window)
Close Internet Explorer, and re-open it
In the “General” tab under “Internet Options”, there is a section called “History”. Change the “Days to keep pages in History:” to 0 and click the “Clear History” button
AOL
Click on My AOL on the top of the screen
Click on Preferences
Click on the WWW button
Click on the Delete Cookies button (This may not be there so skip to next step)
Click on the Delete Files button (click OK)
Click on the Settings button
Click on the View Files button
Click on the Edit menu then click Select All
Hold down SHIFT and push the DELETE key (Holding down shift and pushing the delete key will permanently delete the files without using the recycle bin)
Close that window, then click OK
Click on the Clear History button
Click OK
Sign out, close AOL, then sign in again
NETSCAPE
Click on the Edit menu
Click on Preferences
In the new window that opens, double click on Navigator
Click on History
Click the Clear History button
Click the Clear Location Bar button Now, on the left side of the window, double-click Advanced
Click Cache
Click the Clear Memory Cache button
Click the Clear Disk Cache button
Click OK
MACINTOSH
Click on the Edit menu
Click on Preferences
Double click on Navigator on the left
Click on the Expire Now button
Click OK
Click OK again to save the changes
