15 Things Retired NYPD Detectives Want Women Living Alone TO DO Every Night

15 Things Retired NYPD Detectives Want Women Living Alone TO DO Every Night The first winter after Frankie died, I ran the dryer at eleven o'clock every night. Cheaper electric after nine, and if I'm honest, the noise was company. Four months of that. Then my friend Eddie came by for coffee. Thirty years in the FDNY. He heard the dryer going, put his cup down, pulled the machine out from the wall and looked at the hose behind it. Then he looked at me. I haven't run that dryer after dark since. Nobody tells you any of this when you start living alone, so I asked the people I used to work beside: the firefighters, the EMTs, the ER nurses, and fourteen years of my own burglary cases. I'm Jackie Shaw. I spent 33 years on the job, 14 of them working burglaries in Queens. These are the 15 things they all wish we'd do every night, and most of them cost nothing. In this video, I count down all 15, including: 🔑 Number fifteen: the dryer you leave running 🔑 Number fourteen: a ten-cent piece of plastic that stops a coat hanger from opening your garage in six seconds 🔑 Number thirteen: the one word a stranger at your door is listening for 🔑 The smoke alarm you'd sleep through, and carbon monoxide 🔑 Your purse and car keys in the bedroom, and a lit path to the bathroom 🔑 Number one: the noise at two in the morning You are allowed to call about a noise that turns out to be nothing. 📚 Jackie's large-print safety books for women on their own: https://jackieshawsafety.com Chapters 0:00 The dryer I ran every night 1:49 15. The dryer you leave running 3:01 14. The garage cord 5:05 13. The knock after dark 6:34 12. The smoke alarm you'd sleep through 8:21 11. The bedroom door, closed 9:47 The one word he's listening for 10:49 10. The phone and the setting that silences your daughter 12:44 9. One person, and the key box 14:42 8. Carbon monoxide 16:42 7. Windows locked, not just shut 17:39 6. Purse and car keys to the bedroom 18:21 5. The last round through the kitchen 18:56 From the heart 20:08 4. A bedroom door that locks 20:59 3. A lit path to the bathroom 21:34 2. The envelope on the fridge 22:12 1. The noise at two in the morning 23:23 You're allowed to call ⚠️ This video is general safety information, not legal or professional security advice. Names, places and case details are changed or combined to protect the people involved. If you're ever in danger, call 911. 🔔 Subscribe if you live alone, or someone you love does. 💬 Tell me in the comments: what's the last thing you do before bed? 👉 Know a woman who lives alone? Send her this video. #WomenLivingAlone #HomeSafety #SeniorSafety #FireSafety #NightRoutine #SafetyTips