| 5. Crime Prevention |
Crime Prevention Brochures
Fleet Watch:Fleet Watch vehicles are highly visible mobile radio units which act as a crime deterrent, thus providing an added degree of safety for the citizens of North Carolina . Fleet Watch will provide the citizens of North Carolina with an alternate means of communicating with emergency services. PDF Version, Microsoft Publisher Version
Each of the below brochures has a form field for your agency to enter your contact information. Place the cursor in the gray outlined box on the back panel of the brochure and type your information, it will be centered and in a 12 point font.Community Watch and Worship Church Watch is a crime prevention program designed to reduce or eliminate the opportunity for crime, including arson, involving Houses of Worship. Employing the principles of “Community Watch,” church members are encouraged to join with local law enforcement agencies and fire officials to learn and practice simple crime prevention techniques. The concept of “Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)” is the primary technique applied in protecting churches and church property by making them less attractive targets for criminal activity. Community Watch and Worship Booklet (pdf version)
Burglary Prevention Tips: The Governor's Crime Commission serves as the chief advisory body to the Governor and the Secretary of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety on crime and justice issues.Child Abuse: The first step in helping abused children is learning to recognize the symptoms of child abuse. Although child abuse is divided into four types -- physical abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, and emotional maltreatment -- the types are more typically found in combination than alone. These brochures provide information on recognizing child abuse and prevention tips for parents and communities.
Recognizing Child Abuse (PDF version)
Prevent Child Abuse Tips for Parents and Communities (PDF version)
Drug and Substance Abuse: The abuse of narcotics and dangerous drugs has greatly cost society in many ways. A large number of crimes have been committed as a direct result of drug trafficking and use. The cost to society has been in the form of taxpayers' dollars being used to investigate, prosecute, incarcerate, and rehabilitate the drug offenders. This, along with personal tragedies experienced by drug abusers and their families, causes this subject to be a concern for all.
Substance Abuse Brochure (PDF version)Convenience Store Security: Robbery occurs less often than other business crimes, but the potential for loss, injury, and death is much greater from a single incident. Shoplifting occurs more often and t here are many useful but sometimes-resisted procedures, which can dramatically reduce shoplifting losses.
Convenience Store Security for Store Owners and Managers (PDF version)
Prevent Shoplifting (PDF version)
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design or CPTED (pronounced sep-ted) contends that perceived safety in a community can be created by designing a physical environment that influences positive human behavior. CPTED is aprocess, a way of thinking about crime.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (PDF version)
Protecting Yourself: O ne of the most important aspects of personal safety is the reduction of death, injury, and losses due to crimes committed against persons. This brochure provides information on protecting yourself and what to do if attacked.
Protecting Yourself (PDF version)
Safety Plan for Abused Women (PDF version)
Neighborhood Watch and Protecting Your Home: Neighborhood Watch, Block Watch, Town Watch, Building Watch, Crime Watch – what ever the name, it's one of the most effective and least costly ways to prevent crime and reduce fear. Neighborhood Watch fights the isolation that crime both creates and feeds upon. It forges bonds among area residents, helps reduce burglaries and robberies, and improves relations between police and the communities they serve.
Take a Stand, Join a Neighborhood Watch (PDF Version)
Motivating Neighborhood Watch Members (PDF version)
Burglary Prevention Tips (PDF Version)
Workplace Violence: Follow these suggestions in your daily interactions with people to de-escalate potentially violent situations. If at any time a person's behavior starts to escalate beyond your comfort zone, disengage. It is also important to prepare a threat management plan so that when a threat occurs everyone will know that there is a policy and will understand what to do.
Personal Conduct to Minimize Violence and Warning Signs (PDF version)
Preparing a Threat Management Plan (PDF version)
Safety Plan for Abused Women (PDF version)
Crime Prevention for Children and Teens and How Parents Can get Involved: There are several ways children and teens can get involved in reducing crime and violence in their homes and school. There are also topics parents should discuss openly with their children to provide them with the tools necessary to protect themselves when away from home.
Put a Stop to Hate Crime (PDF version)
What Teens can do Against Terrorism (PDF version)
How to Talk to Your Kids About Gun Safety (PDF version)
Making Schools Safer: Ten Things Caregivers Can Do (PDF version)
Internet Safety for Children (PDF version)
Cyber Tip Line (PDF version)
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