Vacation House Check

***AS STAFFING AND TIME ALLOWS***

The West Linn Police are pleased to offer you the Vacation House Check service while you are out of town. These are designed to give you a little more peace of mind while you travel, and make your home safer.

Download the form below, complete and return by email, regular mail, fax (503)656-0319, or drop it by the police department.  A vacation house check involves officers going to your residence, walking around the perimeter, looking for signs of unlawful entry, foul play, unlocked doors or windows, or anything else that may be wrong.

In order to provide this service in as efficient and safe manner possible the following guidelines are in place.

1) The WLPD will check your home while you are away, for a minimum of seven days, and a maximum of 30 days. 

2) We will not do walk-around checks on homes that have house sitters staying at them. We will give the house extra patrol, but it is unsafe for our officers and your guests for us to be walking around your home in the middle of the night. 

3) We will only check residential properties, not business properties.

4) We will only check residential properties if you live there, we will not check vacant houses, other than to provide them extra patrol.

5) You must notify the department immediately if departure or return dates/times change.

While you are on vacation don’t forget to:

1) Stop your mail

2) Stop your newspapers

3) Let your neighbors know where you will be,how long you’ll be gone, and how to contact someone in case of an emergency.

4) Leave a light and radio or television on a timer.

5) Lock your doors and windows.

6) HAVE A FUN AND SAFE TRIP!