Personal security and personal safety begins with the individual.
Everyone can be responsible for his/her own personal possessions.
Everyone can be responsible for his/her own personal property.
Personal protection can be as simple as watching your surroundings as you walk to your car each morning, or as you stand in that long line.
Watching your surroundings, taking note of the people or things around you is just one thing that can help you to protect yourself and property.
So instead of burying yourself in your cellphone as you walk, instead of listening to headphones, instead try listening for something out of place, listen, and observe for the difference only you can notice.
You know your community, You know your environment, You will know when something is off. REPORT IT.
Lighting is key to seeing if anyone is approaching your door. It is Imperative that you are leaving your porch lights on during night time hours. Porch lighting deters criminals from approaching doors, vandalism, physical threat to property and tenants.
The environment in Stockton is dangerous in various ways. Many transients have hepatitis, HIV, and they are often hostile. Let those who are properly equipped, Security and Law Enforcement, handle these people.
When you approach a transient, you open yourself to exposure for possible victimization and liability.
To eradicate Hepatitis, there is a 6 month monitoring and approximately $10,000-$12,000 worth of treatment costs.
There is no Cure for HIV.
Your safety begins with you. Your choices, Your observations, Your reports.
Hear something, See something, Say something.
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