The trail is patrolled by the Pinellas Trail Security Task Force which represents law enforcement officers from every jurisdictional agency the trail crosses and also includes Pinellas County Emergency Medical Service (EMS), Fire Administration, County Park Rangers, and their Auxiliary counterparts. The Task Force meets quarterly to discuss trail safety and to report each and every incident related to the trail. The quarterly summaries can be found on the Forward Pinellas website. Overall, there are very few incidents directly related to the trail. Many calls made to the Task Force simply use the trail as geo-reference points. Fear of crime is a common theme when it comes to bicycle and pedestrian facilities that are in proximity to homes. As evidenced by the few numbers of Task Force incidents, having bicyclists, runners, and just people in general on the trail creates an effect of "natural surveillance" which limits the opportunity for crime by increasing the perception that people and their actions can be seen by others. In addition, Pinellas County has a "Crime Viewer" GIS map. A filter for any date range will show remarkably fewer reported incidents along the Pinellas Trail as compared to the County in general. Certainly, no area is completely invulnerable and vigilance is always important, however, there is no conclusive evidence that shared-use paths invite a higher incidence of crime.