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�o <br />TEN THINGS <br />YOU AND, YOUR <br />NEIGHBORS CAN Do <br />Work with public agencies and other organizations — <br />neighborhood-based or community-wide — on <br />solving common problems. Don't be shy about letting them know what <br />your community needs. <br />Make sure that all the youth in the neighborhood have positive ways to <br />spend their spare time, through organized recreation, tutoring programs, <br />part-time work, and volunteer opportunities. <br />Set up a Neighborhood Watch or a community patrol, working with <br />police. Make sure your streets and homes are well lighted. <br />Build a partnership with police, focused on solving problems instead of <br />reacting to wises. Make it possible for neighbors to report suspicious <br />activity or crimes without fear of retaliation. <br />Take advantage of "safety in numbers" to hold rallies, marches, and other <br />group activities to show you're determined to drive out crime and drugs. <br />Clean up the neighborhood! Involve everyone — teens, children, senior <br />citizens. Graffiti, litter, abandoned cars, and run -down buildings tell <br />criminals that you don't care about where you live or each other. Call the <br />city public works department and ask for help in cleaning up. <br />Ask local officials to use new ways to get criminals out of your building or <br />neighborhood. These include enforcing anti-noise laws, housing codes, <br />health and fire codes, anti- nuisance laws, and drug -free clauses in rental <br />leases. <br />Form a Court Watch to help support victims and witnesses and to see that <br />criminals get fairly punished. <br />Work with schools to establish drug -free, gun -free zones; work with <br />recreation officials to do the same for parks. <br />Develop and share a phone list of local organizations that can provide <br />counseling, job training, guidance, and other services that neighbors <br />might need. <br />Ramsey County Sheriffs Department <br />Volunteers Involved in Public Safety (V.I.P.S) <br />655 West County Road E <br />Shoreview, MN 55126 <br />National Crime Prevention Council <br />1700 K Street. NW. Second Floor <br />Washington. DC 20006 -3617 <br />C September 1993 <br />The National Citizens' Crime Prevention Campaign is substantially funded by the <br />bureau of Justice Assistance. Office of Justice Programs, t'.::. Deportment u(Jusn<e. <br />Page 31 <br />Developed by the <br />v,xrzetrzourpr National Crime Prevention <br />Council In Partnership with <br />• <br />CREpa C MOTOROLA <br />