SECURITY HANDBOOK
1* Communications personnel will act as security officersa
2. Travel
a. When persons leave their project, they must call their
project person to person for themselves on arrival at destination
point. Should they be missing, project personnel will notify the
Jackson office. WATS line operators vail call each project every
day at dinnertime or thereabouts, and should be notified of
changes in personnel, transfers, etc. (If trips are planned in
advance, this information can go to Jackson by mail. Phone should
be used only where there is no time. Care should be taken at all
times to avoid, if possible, full names of persons travellinga)
Checklists should be used in local projects for personnel to check
in and out.
b. Doors of cars should be locked at all timesV^Vt night,
windows should be rolled up as much as possible. Gas tahks^must have
locks and be kept locked. Hoods should aTsoee, • be lockeda
c. No one should go anywhere alone, but certainly notN In an
automobile, and certainly not at night.
d. Travel at night should be avoided unless absolutely necessary . a^
e. Remove all unnecessary objects from your car vh ich could be
construed as weapons. (Hammers, files, Iron rules, etc.) Absolutely
no  liquor bottles, beer cans, etc. should be inside your car.
Do not travel with names and addresses of local contacts a
fa Know all roads in and out of town. Study the county map.
g. Know locations of sanctuaries and safe homes in the countya
ha When getting out of a car at night, make sure, the car's inside light is out.
i. Be conscious of cars which circle offices or Freedom Housesa
Take license numbers of all suspicious cars. Note make, model and
year. Cars without license plates should immediately be reported
to the project office.
Living at Home or in Freedom Houses
a. If It can be avoided, try not to sleep near open windows.
Try to sleep at the back of the house, i.e., the part farthest from
a road or streeta
ba Do not stand in doorways at night with the light at your
back.
c. At night, people should not sit in their rooms without
drawn shades.
d. Do not congregate in front of the house at night.