Listen when you are ready to talk.
Give you supportive information and answers.
Assure you it was not your fault, you are not alone and you have choices.
Empower you to plan for the future.
Stalking
Stalking is the willful, malicious and repeated following and harassing of another person with the intent to instill fear or a credible threat of violence.
Have You Done Any of the Following Because You Felt You Were Being Watched or Followed?
- Moved to a new location?
- Changed jobs or asked for a job transfer?
- Moved to a relative or friend’s house or a shelter?
- Changed your phone number?
- Considered seeking counseling?
- Asked to be escorted to your car?
- Changed work schedules or routes to work?
- Stopped visiting places you previously frequented?
- Taken self-defense courses?
- Bought pepper spray?
- Purchased a gun?
- Installed an alarm system in your home or car?
- Put new or extra locks on your home?
- Bought a “guard dog?”
- Told friends, coworkers, or family that you were being followed or watched?
If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, chances are you have been or are a victim of stalking
Steps You can Take…
- Call the police if you suspect danger
- Call the Advocacy & Resource Center
- Keep a journal documenting incidents of contact
- Ask the police for copies of the reports
- Consider getting a protection order
- Invest in a caller ID, answering machine or a recording device
- Talk to any witnesses to determine whether they will testify in court if necessary
- Tell neighbors, coworkers, friends, and relatives
- Get a 9-1-1 cell phone (available at the A & R Center)
- Consider getting a post office box for your mail
- Try not to be alone when you are out of your home
- Vary your patterns, e.g., where you run, shop, etc.