Dating Safety

• Check out a first date or blind date with friends first. Better yet, go with other friends on your first date.
• Carry money for a taxi or public transportation in case your date is cut short; bring a cell phone also.
• Trust your instincts about situations to avoid.
• Be clear and responsible in your communications with others.
• Be forceful, firm and assertive.
• If you go out with other friends, don't get separated; watch out for each other.
• Do not lose self control or impair your judgment by the use or abuse of alcohol or drugs.
• "No" means "NO."

Online Dating

• Never give personal information to people that you don't know (name, home address, phone number, etc.).
• If you decide to talk to someone on the phone don't give out your number; call them and use caller ID block.
• Use a nickname in chat rooms or message boards.
• Meet chat friends in public places and with other friends; take a cell phone with you.
• Never go to someone's room, apartment of house that you just met.