Step 5: Safety on the
Job and in Public
Each victim must decide if and when she/he will tell
others that their partner has battered them and that
she/he may be at continued risk. Friends, family,
and co-workers can help protect the victim. Each victim
should consider carefully which people to invite to
help secure her/his safety.
I might do any or all of
the following:
1. I can inform my boss, the security supervisor
and _____________________________ at my place of employment
about my safety and my abusive partner.
2. I can ask __________________________________ to
help screen my telephone calls at work.
3. When leaving work, I can _______________________________________________
(vary the route I use to go to and from work).
4. When driving home,
if problems occur, I can __________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
5. If I use public transit, I can ____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
6. I will go to different grocery stores and shopping
malls to conduct my business and shop at hours that
are different than those when I was residing with
my batterer.
7. I can use a different bank and take care of my
banking hours at hours different from those I used
when residing with my batterer.
8. I can also ____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
