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| Safety Measures for Mosques CAIR 1. Make an appointment with the community relations officer of your local police department to tour your center and make suggestions on improving mosque security. 2. Request additional police patrols in the vicinity of your center. Special attention should be paid to times of darkness and during Jumah prayers. 3. Consider creating a security committee at your mosque. 4. Post mosque members at entrances and parking areas during prayer times. 5. Report suspicious packages to police. Do not touch them. 6. Install perimeter floodlights outside the mosque. 7. Install fire and burglar alarm systems. 8. Replace hollow core doors with more secure solid doors. 9. Install burglar-proof bars on screens
and large vents. 11. Participate in neighborhood watch programs. 12. Document descriptions of suspicious people or vehicles. 13. Make duplicates of all important papers, computer disks and records. 14. Remove potential fire hazards, such as trash and debris. 15. Consider installing security cameras. 16. Try to have people attend the mosque as much as possible. Activity deters perpetratorsSource:
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