Making crime prevention each person's business can mean a host of actions from specific improvements in physical security to bringing groups together for more far reaching efforts. The central point is that each of us takes a responsible stance against crime. When citizens, individuals or corporations, take responsibility for personal, family, and workplace security, they begin to realize the connection from individuals' to the communities' well being. By our personal actions, we can enable one another to act. Crime prevention faces the challenge and opportunity of addressing crime causes and concerns in homes, work places, and throughout the community.
Citizens are capable of preventing crime against themselves and others in a variety of environments.
They can act to correct a myriad of problems that are causing community disruption and decay. Nonetheless, they must be given the tools by government to accomplish this great task. Crime prevention includes action to reclaim public places, not merely to lock families securely in their homes. Positive as well as preventive actions are important to sustain or rekindle community ties. Crime Prevention is a Responsibility of All Levels of Government Local, state, and federal governments share in the responsibility for facilitating community efforts and for providing local law enforcement agencies and citizens with the necessary crime prevention tools.