How to Fight Back Against Crime

1. If you see a crime taking place, report it.

It is very important that if you witness a crime wherever if you're on the scene or watching it from a distance, call the police immediately. Sadly, we live in a culture where certain neighborhoods in the United States have a code of silence, where someone actually watch a crime take place, but they don't tell the police about what happened. This whole "Stop Snitching" nonsense needs to stop. One of my favorite television shows on the air right now is "The First 48" on A & E. The show documents how the police from various cities are able to (majority of the time) solve a case through witness testimony, the use of a weapon(s), photographs within the first 48 hours of a crime.

Normally if there are 3 or more people involved in a crime, no one doesn't say anything to the police. But once the suspects are faced with the possibility of spending the rest of their lives in jail, they begin to sing like a canary and tell the police everything from: who came up with the idea of the crime; how many people were invloved; the real names and nicknames of the people involved; where they are right now; where the murder weapon is located at; the name of the suspect mama's or their grandma's name..the whole bit! You'll be surprised how much information the suspect in question gives up to avoid jail time.


2. Get involved or start a neighborhood watch

It is very important to get the community together to fight crime. One way is to start a neighborhood watch program. Here, neighbors can meet and figure out ways to prevent crime, or if an incident has already took place, stop it from happening again.

3. Befriend an Officer

During a neighborhood watch meeting, you could befriend a police officer. In your conversation, you could tell the officer where you live at and describe the neighborhood ( whether if it's good or really bad.) Within no time, that officer could make occasional appearance to your neighborhood to survey the area every now and then. The officer could tell other cops about you and your situation and stop by your neighborhood. This is networking at work.

4. Be Careful of your Surroundings

Pay full attention to where you are going, especially at night. While traveling through a neighborhood, look to your left, right, forward and backwards. If you see something suspicious or have that uneasy feeling RUN as fast as you can out of that neighborhood. You don't

5. Speak out against crime

As a citizen, you have the right to speak out about anything. Use your voice to talk about how to fight crime through speaking engagements or create something online, such as a petition or put a group together and solve ways to end crime or at least, prevent it from happening. With a grassroots group, strength are in numbers.

Final Word

We have the right to protect ourselves and others from crime. We must do our part to prevent it from happening in our communities. The five steps mentioned above are some ways we can do it together.