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Feed Item More Crime in a Sour Economy
The downturn in the economy is hurting law enforcement departments across the country just when...
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Feed Item Variety Tuesday
Crime never sleeps and neither does crime prevention news. With all of last week’s excitement...
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Feed Item Stand Up and Be Counted
I recently read an article about Chicago's community policing program, the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy....
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Feed Item When Crime Prevention Needs To Begin at Home
My friend Laura told me a horrible story the other day. Her 33-year-old colleague Viviana...
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Feed Item Omerta in the 'Hood
At first it was pretty routine. I was standing by the baggage carousel at my...
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Feed Item Are You Dialed In?
We instinctively reach for the phone and dial 9-1-1 when we witness a crime, sense...
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Feed Item Alcohol At Social Events
Be a Friend to Your Friends! It's time to host a happy occasion: a time...
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Feed Item More money for crime prevention please!
"What ever happened to crime?" This was the first sentence in an article in the...
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Feed Item Want to Save a Buck? Look Out for Travel Scams, Part 2
Last week, I blogged about three things I do to protect myself from travel-related scams....
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Feed Item Want to Save a Buck? Look Out for Travel Scams, Part 1
When the economy is in trouble, scams increase. And these days, with gas prices so...
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Feed Item Keeping Things Cool in L.A.
For Los Angeles, it was a good summer. In many cities, the summer months often...
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Feed Item Going Green Can Be Dangerous in DC
The movement to "go green" is being thwarted by crime in one part of Washington,...
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Feed Item Prison Privatization
In an old Bob Newhart TV program, the producers of the local small town talk...
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Feed Item Celebrate the International Day of Peace by Teaching Conflict Resolution
Sunday—September 21st—is the International Day of Peace. How will you be observing it? Created by...
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Feed Item Our Little Darlings
It’s time to face it. We’ve all seen the infamous YouTube video depicting young girls...
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Feed Item Hurricane Relief Scams That Could Leave You Devastated
It's hurricane season and it seems that every year a scourge of relief scams ride...
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Feed Item Baltimore Takes a New Approach to Gun Crime
Getting guns out of the hands of criminals is just one way to prevent crime,...
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Feed Item The $100 Billion Dollar Man?
The $100 billion man. No, he’s not a new superhero with bionic limbs who can...
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Feed Item "You’ve Got Mail"
In today's world, technology evolves at breakneck speeds. Practically every business and institution is doing...
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Feed Item Everybody's Doing It
A few days ago, I was on the train headed to work when I heard...
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Feed Item Turning the Corner on Recidivism?
For most of the decade, the rote stats on recidivism have been, to wit: (1)...
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Feed Item Staying Safe on Campus: Everyone’s Business
Close to 13.6 million college students across the country have already begun their trip to...
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Feed Item Mortgage Scams: How To Avoid Losing the House From Under Your Feet, Part II
Mortgage scams are on the rise and in my last blog I listed some of...
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Feed Item Eyes, Ears, and Two-Way Radios
We frequently talk about watching out and helping out as we work to keep our...
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Feed Item Hate 'Text'
Cyberbullying is an epidemic that plagues many American teens. In today’s Wi-Fi world of instant...
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Feed Item Crime Prevention Tips for Businesses Big and Small
The Federal Bureau of Investigation released statistics last week that showed a minor increase in...
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Feed Item The Tough Guise
We know that violence against women is a dangerous and appalling crime. It demands punishment...
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Feed Item PEP for Prisoners
It is amazing what one charismatic person with a good idea and passion for that...
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