Crime Prevention
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Transcript of Crime Prevention
Crime PreventionCrime Prevention
Prepared by: Dr. Miller F. Peckley, CSP, CSMS, CSTPrepared by: Dr. Miller F. Peckley, CSP, CSMS, CST
Training notes for the training of PNP members and Training notes for the training of PNP members and Barangay PoliceBarangay Police
INTENT
OPPORTUNITY
CAPABILITY
TRIAD OF CRIMESTRIAD OF CRIMES
CRIME PREVENTION CRIME PREVENTION Most of the crimes happening around Most of the crimes happening around us is a product of our Contributory us is a product of our Contributory Negligence Crimes happen not by Negligence Crimes happen not by accidents. Its our responsibility to accidents. Its our responsibility to protect ourselves and our property. protect ourselves and our property. We can fight crime. Crime prevention We can fight crime. Crime prevention is our concern, its everybody’s is our concern, its everybody’s businessbusiness
1. INTENT
2. 2. INTENT and OPPORTUNITYOPPORTUNITY
3. 3. INTENT, OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY and CAPABILITYand CAPABILITY
Security ManagementSecurity Management
DR. MILLER F. PECKLEYDR. MILLER F. PECKLEY
VP-ADMINISTRATIONVP-ADMINISTRATION
Preventing and Proper Preventing and Proper Handling School Crimes Handling School Crimes and Violent Behaviorsand Violent Behaviors
As a school resource As a school resource officer, administrator or officer, administrator or
educator your first educator your first responsibility is to responsibility is to
ensure your students, ensure your students, staff, faculty, parents staff, faculty, parents and guests are always and guests are always
safe and secure.safe and secure.
Without Safe Without Safe and Secured and Secured School, it is School, it is
difficult, if not difficult, if not impossible for impossible for
learning to take learning to take place.place.
- - Ronald D. Stephens EdDRonald D. Stephens EdD
How do we prevent How do we prevent crimes and violence to crimes and violence to
happen inside and happen inside and within the school within the school
perimeter?perimeter?
"Safety and Security Begins With You.“"Safety and Security Begins With You.“Its our responsibility not the sole Its our responsibility not the sole
responsibility of the Police or Guardresponsibility of the Police or Guard
The cooperation and involvement The cooperation and involvement of all members of the community of all members of the community
in a school safety and security in a school safety and security program is program is absolutely absolutely
necessarynecessary. .
Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Edmund Burke (1729-1797) : "The only : "The only thing necessary for the triumph of thing necessary for the triumph of
evil is for good men to do nothing." evil is for good men to do nothing."
P I M E CP I M E C
PPlanninglanningIImplementationmplementation
MMonitoringonitoringEEvaluationvaluation
CControlontrol
Cycle of Safety and Security Cycle of Safety and Security PlanningPlanning
Preparedness
Response
Prevention
Recovery
Cycle of Safety and Security PlanningCycle of Safety and Security Planning
Prevention/ MitigationPrevention/ Mitigation – addresses – addresses what the school can do to reduce or what the school can do to reduce or eliminate risk to life and propertyeliminate risk to life and property
Preparedness Preparedness – focuses on the process – focuses on the process of planning for the worst case of planning for the worst case scenarioscenario
Response Response – devotes to the steps to take – devotes to the steps to take during crisis or emergencyduring crisis or emergency
Recovery Recovery – deals with how to restore – deals with how to restore the learning and teaching the learning and teaching environment after crisis and environment after crisis and emergencyemergency
Good plans are Good plans are never finished. never finished. They can be They can be updated based on updated based on experience, experience, research and research and changing changing vulnerabilities. vulnerabilities. School may be in School may be in various stages of various stages of planning. planning.
Areas to be ConsideredAreas to be Considered Physical Safety and SecurityPhysical Safety and Security Protection of Sensitive InformationProtection of Sensitive Information Safety and Security Awareness/EducationSafety and Security Awareness/Education Safety and Security InvestigationSafety and Security Investigation Risk Analysis and Management Risk Analysis and Management Emergency Plan and Crisis ManagementEmergency Plan and Crisis Management Contractors and Suppliers’ Security and SafetyContractors and Suppliers’ Security and Safety Safety and Security InspectionSafety and Security Inspection Loss Control and Prevention Management SystemLoss Control and Prevention Management System Safety and Security Unit LeadershipSafety and Security Unit Leadership
DEALING DEALING WITH WITH
SCHOOL SCHOOL CRIMES CRIMES
and and VIOLENT VIOLENT
BEHAVIORBEHAVIORSS
It is important to It is important to acknowledge that some acknowledge that some SCHOOL CRIMES and SCHOOL CRIMES and VIOLENT BEHAVIORS VIOLENT BEHAVIORS are more serious than are more serious than others and therefore have a others and therefore have a greater impact on a school. greater impact on a school. Those acts that cause fear Those acts that cause fear and anxiety on the part of and anxiety on the part of the victim and community, the victim and community, as well as the general as well as the general population, require special population, require special attention by school attention by school authorities. authorities.
PREVENTION STRATEGIESPREVENTION STRATEGIES
Establish clear and Establish clear and consistent lines of consistent lines of communication with communication with Safety and Security Safety and Security Unit, Office of Student Unit, Office of Student BehaviorBehavior
Share information with Share information with other administrators, other administrators, OSB Personnel, SSU OSB Personnel, SSU Personnel and the like. Personnel and the like.
Know where students tend to Know where students tend to hang out, and if possible, hang out, and if possible, obtain the name and phone obtain the name and phone numbers of the numbers of the establishment they frequent, establishment they frequent, and report it to OSB and/or and report it to OSB and/or SSU.SSU.
•Develop sources of Develop sources of information within information within the community and the community and especially the police especially the police station.station.
RESPONSE RESPONSE PROCEDURESPROCEDURES
More people are More people are injured while injured while
attempting to break up attempting to break up fights and assaults fights and assaults
than during any other than during any other type of activity. This type of activity. This
generally occurs when generally occurs when the person trying to the person trying to break up the fight break up the fight
makes several makes several mistakes.mistakes.
MISTAKE NO. 1MISTAKE NO. 1
Adults tend to Adults tend to run to fights run to fights
and once on the and once on the scene scene
immediately immediately jump into the jump into the middle of the middle of the fight and start fight and start
to pull the to pull the combatants combatants apart. This apart. This
action offers the action offers the fighter that rare fighter that rare opportunity to opportunity to take a “free take a “free shot” at the shot” at the intervener.intervener.
MISTAKE NO. 2MISTAKE NO. 2
By not taking a few moments By not taking a few moments upon arrival at the fight scene to upon arrival at the fight scene to
do quick analysis of what is do quick analysis of what is occurring, you attempt to occurring, you attempt to
intervene without knowing who intervene without knowing who the combatants are, or if there is the combatants are, or if there is
weapon involved, or who is weapon involved, or who is winning, or what stage the fight winning, or what stage the fight is in, or if this event was staged is in, or if this event was staged
for your benefit. for your benefit. All of this information is All of this information is
important important in helping you decide the in helping you decide the
best course of action to take.best course of action to take.
While the Office of While the Office of Safety and Security Safety and Security
Unit is responsible for Unit is responsible for coordinating campus coordinating campus
safety and security, the safety and security, the primary responsibility primary responsibility for crime prevention for crime prevention and personal safety and personal safety
rests with each rests with each individual. individual.
Common sense is the best defense Common sense is the best defense against crime. Here is a short list against crime. Here is a short list
of the basics. of the basics.
1. Know your surroundings.1. Know your surroundings.
Keep the Keep the important important telephone telephone
numbers in numbers in your wallet or your wallet or save it in your save it in your mobile phone mobile phone
directorydirectory. .
2. 2. Do not leave valuable objects visible in Do not leave valuable objects visible in an unattended working area, classroom, an unattended working area, classroom, or public place.or public place.
Simple safety and Simple safety and security measures security measures make it too much make it too much
work for a bad work for a bad guy to do a quick guy to do a quick
hit-and-run.hit-and-run.
3. Report suspicious persons on 3. Report suspicious persons on and off-campus. and off-campus.
It is naive to think that the Philippine National Police It is naive to think that the Philippine National Police officers, Office of Student Behavior officers, Task officers, Office of Student Behavior officers, Task Force Safe School personnel, and Safety and Security Force Safe School personnel, and Safety and Security Unit Officers can catch every criminal; the school and Unit Officers can catch every criminal; the school and the streets that surround it comprise a large amount of the streets that surround it comprise a large amount of space and there are not enough officers to cover every space and there are not enough officers to cover every area all the time. area all the time.
4. Work together. 4. Work together.
Neighborhoods are Neighborhoods are safer when the safer when the community takes on the community takes on the responsibility to make responsibility to make them safer. Students, them safer. Students, faculty, staff, faculty, staff, administrators, parents, administrators, parents, and guests may report and guests may report suspicious persons, as suspicious persons, as well as keep eyes open. well as keep eyes open. Safety and security are Safety and security are everybody’s concernseverybody’s concerns..
5. Remember the saying, "There is 5. Remember the saying, "There is always someone watching." always someone watching."
This statement is often This statement is often true, and many times true, and many times that "someone" could that "someone" could be watching you. Be be watching you. Be aware of your aware of your environment and be environment and be wary of conspicuous wary of conspicuous observers. Taking observers. Taking personal responsibility personal responsibility for your safety and the for your safety and the safety of your safety of your community is more community is more effective than effective than deploying a multitude deploying a multitude of officers in your area.of officers in your area.
6. When riding a taxicab, be alert. Lock the 6. When riding a taxicab, be alert. Lock the doors. Observe the route the driver takes to doors. Observe the route the driver takes to
get to your destination.get to your destination. Before boarding,Before boarding, ask ask someone you know to take someone you know to take note of the name, plate and note of the name, plate and body number of the taxicab. body number of the taxicab. If there is no one, please If there is no one, please note the details yourself note the details yourself after boarding the taxi. after boarding the taxi. These may be useful later These may be useful later on, especially at night or in on, especially at night or in the early morning. We know the early morning. We know that some robbers use taxis that some robbers use taxis when committing crimes. when committing crimes.
7. Do not take a taxicab that does not 7. Do not take a taxicab that does not have a body number, operator name have a body number, operator name or address on both sides. or address on both sides. This type of This type of
taxi is usually used by robbers.taxi is usually used by robbers.
8. While this list is not all-inclusive, 8. While this list is not all-inclusive, the crime rate on- and off-campus the crime rate on- and off-campus
will decrease if we follow these will decrease if we follow these common-sense rules. common-sense rules. it is important to it is important to remember that crime can happen anywhere and remember that crime can happen anywhere and
anytime. Keep watch and stay safe. anytime. Keep watch and stay safe.
CRIMES CRIMES CAN BECAN BE
PREVENTED PREVENTED IF WEIF WE
WORK WORK TOGETHER.TOGETHER.
CRIME PREVENTION IS EVERYBODY’S CRIME PREVENTION IS EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS AND CONCERNBUSINESS AND CONCERN
REPORT ALL CRIMES OR ELSE YOU REPORT ALL CRIMES OR ELSE YOU MIGHT BE THE NEXT VICTIMMIGHT BE THE NEXT VICTIM
THANK YOU!!THANK YOU!!
MILLER F. PECKLEYMILLER F. PECKLEY