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Puyallup Police Department Vacation House Check Program The Puyallup Police Department provides free vacation house checks for citizens. This service is staffed by Puyallup Police Department Explorers and Volunteers In Police Service (VIPS), who will come out to your residence and perform an inspection of your property while you are away. The vacation check entails a visual inspection of your home, outbuildings, vehicles, gates, lighting, and the general security of the home in accordance with the request. Whenever a vacation check reveals something suspicious, Explorers and VIPS are trained to leave the immediate area and request a patrol officer be dispatched to investigate further. A log is kept of the activity conducted on your property while you are away. If, by chance, there is an incident at your residence while you are away, the individual you specify as your emergency contact will be notified. The Vacation House Check Program is a voluntary, free service that does not create a special duty upon the City of Puyallup. The service is performed on an “as time permits” basis, and the City of Puyallup makes no guarantee that the check will be performed, or that loss, theft or damage to property will be prevented by participation in the program. Program Guidelines: • For City of Puyallup residents only. • For vacations of a minimum of five days and a maximum of ninety (90) days. • For residential properties only. Business locations, vacant properties, homes for sale and homes with a house sitter or other guest(s) staying in the home are not eligible for vacation checks. • Applications must be submitted at least one week (7 days) before your departure. Telephone requests for vacation checks will not be accepted. • If your travel plans change, please contact Crime Prevention Services at (253) 841- 5531. The information you provide will help us reach you or your emergency contact should we identify a problem, and verify information and identity of others who have access to your home. Submit completed applications to; Puyallup Police Department 311 West Pioneer, Puyallup WA 98371-5369 ---PAGE BREAK--- PUYALLUP POLICE DEPARTMENT VACATION HOUSE CHECK APPLICATION Date of Request: Resident Name: Phone Address: Date and time leaving: Date and time returning: Vehicles left on Premises (circle one): Yes ☐ No ☐ Make/Model: Plate Make/Model: Plate Please identify who (if anyone) has permission to borrow or move the vehicles listed above: Animals left on Premises :Yes ☐ No ☐ If yes, type of animals: Location of animals (check one): Inside☐ Outside ☐ Protected by Alarm System: Yes ☐ No ☐ If yes, what type of alarm: Silent ☐ Audible ☐ Name of alarm company: Phone: Lights on: Yes ☐ No ☐ Lights on a timer: Yes ☐No ☐ If using a timer what hours are the lights scheduled to be on: Radio or Television: Yes ☐ No☐ Emergency Contact Name: Phone: Address: This party has a key to the residence and your authorization to enter: Yes ☐ No ☐ ---PAGE BREAK--- In addition to the Emergency Contact, the following people are authorized to be on/in the property. (Example: housekeeping service, lawn care, pet care, etc.) Name and/or Company Name: Phone: Vehicle Description: Special information about the residence that should be known during your absence: By submitting a completed application, the undersigned Applicant (“Applicant”) hereby requests the Puyallup Police Department (“PPD”) to perform a visual check of the above- listed property, which may include the front yard/back yard, pursuant to the Vacation House Check Program guidelines. Applicant expressly consents to the presence of PPD staff and volunteers on his/her property for this purpose. Applicant agrees to hold harmless the City of Puyallup, its representatives, agents, employees, and volunteers, from all liability, claims, suits, damages, expenses, fees, actions or rights of actions or judgments that result from injury or death to Applicant or members of Applicant’s family, or from damage, destruction, or loss to property which in any way relates to or arises out of any action or lack thereof by the City of Puyallup in carrying out the mission of the Vacation House Check Program. Applicant acknowledges that the Vacation House Check Program is a voluntary, free service that does not create a special duty upon the City of Puyallup. Applicant further acknowledges that the City of Puyallup makes no guarantee that the check will be performed, or that loss, theft or damage to property will be prevented by participation in the program. Please note that the City of Puyallup is a public agency subject to the Washington State Public Records Act. Documents generated, used or maintained in the ordinary course of City business, including your application, are public records that may be subject to disclosure in response to a public records request. Redaction of your personal information, if any, will be made in accordance with Chapter 42.56 RCW. Signature: Date: Printed Name: Date: ---PAGE BREAK--- Puyallup Police Department Vacation House Check SECURITY CHECK LOG EXPLORER/VIPS DATE TIME NOTES (specify type of check) SP – Spotlight check PFT-Perimeter Foot Patrol DBP- Drive by Patrol