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Posts from September 2009

Crime Prevention - Just Do It

Crime Prevention can come in many forms. Lately, crime prevention has gone high tech. Thanks to new technology, those grainy, hard-to-see images caught on security cameras are a thing of the past. There is better technology that is much cheaper and with better resolution. Michigan’s public institutions of higher education are not only beefing up their police forces, but installing high-resolution surveillance cameras and taking other steps to prevent campus crime.

Turning Off the Lights: An Ounce of Prevention, a Pound of Trouble

Many communities across the country are responding to the national financial crisis by cutting back...

Stand Up for School Safety

Safety in our schools has changed dramatically from the time I was a child. In recent years, criminal incidents have occurred and been brought to our attention by the media. The way to keep them from happening again is to stand up and recognize the importance of safety in our schools.

Stay Safe Even When the News is Good

The FBI has recently released its 2008 Crime in the United States report, and it brings good news! The FBI reports that violent crimes are down for the second consecutive year. Among violent crimes, murders and non-negligent manslaughters declined 3.9 percent; aggravated assaults are down 2.5 percent, and forcible rapes dropped by 1.6 percent. Forcible rapes specifically, are at the lowest rate they have been in the past 20 years.

Circle of Respect: Are You In It?

Recent acts of disrespectful behavior that have played out in the media have left many...