You Can Stop Violence
Things You and Your Neighbors
Can Do to Stop Violence
Set up a Neighborhood Watch working with the police department.
Make sure your homes are well-lighted.
Make sure that all the youth in the neighborhood have positive
ways to spend their spare time, through organized recreation,
tutoring programs, part-time work, and volunteer opportunities.
Build a partnership with police, focused on solving problems
instead of reacting to crises. Make it possible for neighbors
to report suspicious activity or crimes without fear of retaliation.
Hold block activities to show you're determined to drive out
crime and drugs.
Clean up the neighborhood! Involve everyone - teens, children,
senior citizens. Graffiti, litter, abandoned cars, and run-down
buildings tell criminals that you don't care about where you live
or each other.
Become aware of anti-noise laws, housing codes, health and fire
codes, anti-nuisance laws, and place drug-free clauses in rental
leases.
Make your enviornment a drug-free zone.
Take advantage of local recreation department resources & parks.
Develop and share a phone list of local organizations that
can provide counseling, job training, guidance, and other services
that can help neighbors.
Things Kids Can Do To Stop Violence
Settle arguments with words, not fists of weapons. Don't stand
around and form an audience.
Learn safe routes for walking in the neighborhood, and know
good places to seek help. Trust feelings, and if there's a sense
of danger, get away fast.
Report any crimes or suspicious actions to the police, school
authorities, and parents. Be willing to testify if needed.
Don't open the door to anyone you and your parents don't know
and trust.
Never go anywhere with someone you and your parents don't
know and trust.
If someone tries to abuse you, say no, get away, and tell
a trusted adult. Remember, it's not the victim's fault.
Don't use alcohol and other drugs, and stay away from places
and people associated with them.
Stick with friends who are also against violence and drugs,
and stay away from known trouble spots.
Get involved to make school safer and better - having poster
contests against violence, holding anti-drug rallies, counseling
peers, settling disputes peacefully. If there's no program, help
start one!
Help younger children learn to avoid being crime victims.
Set a good example and volunteer to help with community efforts
to stop crime.
THINK ABOUT IT
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