by McKenna McKay

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When it comes to life, it’s always a great idea to know that you live in a safe place. While we all have different dreams and goals and ideals, everybody cares about security. You’ll never want to be living in an unsafe environment if you do not have to. Instead, you’ll want to do your best to be able to ensure that your community is super safe. Whether you want to minimize violence and protect lives, ensure that no break-ins are happening, or just care for the vulnerable and make sure that they are safe, you can do that by being more intentional. For those that really do want to make a difference in the community and look to create a safer place, these tips will help.

Start A Community Watch

If you don’t have any kind of community watch in place, then it could be a good idea to start this. Sometimes, just having signs up can help deter any crime. Also, ensuring that an area looks fresh and looked-after is a great way to keep unwanted actions away. Whether the parking lot striping needs repainting, or the street lights need new bulbs; look into where funding is heading, and begin making a list of problems areas that could use simple improvement. By becoming a community watch area, you could keep your home a lot safer.

Encourage Locks & Camera

Now, we all know that we need to have locks on our doors – but it’s nice to be able to go a step further than that. Locks on garages, sheds, gates, and even any community gates you have can be important. And, even investing in CCTV can be really useful and help to keep everyone safe.

Petition For Traffic Calming

In some areas, traffic can be a problem. If you know that you have a lot of cars speeding by, it’s a good idea to try and calm that down. While you may not be able to put up traffic calming measures yourself, you could do some research into what options are available, like with Traffic Logix, and then appeal to your local council. It’s better to take a stand and see what they say, than wait and have an accident happen.

Hold Local Meetings

Something else that might help you is to set up a council if you do not have one already. If you live in a small town or parish, then you could create a local council to help you manage the community. This may not be for everyone, but if you really want to be sure that you’re creating a safe space for everyone to live in, regular meetings can help you to make that happen. At said meetings, you can discuss ways to improve community awareness and support systems. For instance, StreetRx racks the street value of adderall, offering insights into prescription drug misuse. This information can help identify areas in your community where outreach and support are most urgently needed.

Care For Your Community

Finally, if you want to make sure that those in your local council are all safe, then maybe you can work on a community scheme. Are you worried about the elderly or vulnerable? It could be a great idea for you to think about visiting them or doing errands for them. Or maybe you can come up with different groups and events that they can partake in? This could really make a difference to the value of their lives as well as improve your community.

Please Note: due to Covid-19, it’s important to practice proper social distancing. But these ideas can inspire you when your community is back to normality.