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For this Assignment, I identified the types of situational crime prevention my neighborhood has in order to prevent criminal activity.

1. Surveillance systems

Ring is one of the personal situational Crime preventions I use to deter criminal behavior since it increases the risk of detection. Ring Is popularly used throughout the neighborhood, many homes have ring installed whether it’s the doorbell or a camera system in order to deter crime.

My homes Ring Doorbell and below is my homes surviellance camera on the side of my home.
In the picture above, these are the notifications I receive whenever Someone is outside of my home, this makes it easier to identify people. I also receive notifications throughout the neighborhood whether someone is alerting the neighborhood of odd activities or if their pet has gone missing. It also allows you to communicate with people outside your door whenever you’re not home, so if a package comes when
ever you’re not home you can tell the delivery person to put it in a specific spot that would allow your packages to be safe until you come back home.

2. Surveillance Signs

While Many homes have surveillance only a handful of homes have signs that say they are protected or secured by surveillance companies such as Ring or ADT. Having these Signs make it more obvious that these homes have security which would further deter any criminal behavior from happening, compared to only having a surveillance system that can only be spotted when you’re in closer proximity. These signs work as a warning sign to those at a further range of an individual’s home since they are supposed to be more visible. This can also help houses in close range because criminals will know that they can be caught on camera even if it’s the next house down since they wouldn’t be able to tell the range of surveillance.

Some surveillance signs have lights in order to be more visible at night.

3. Neighborhood Watch

Before entering the neighborhood, you will see a sign that says “WARNING NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH AREA” this increases the risk of being caught and makes offenders aware of increased security. Apart from this warning, our neighborhood has meetings in order to address any crimes or insecurities in the community and potential solutions for these issues.

We also have a Cop who lives in our community which brings a sense of security to the neighborhood. They live generally close to the entrance of the community, we only have one entrance and one exit in the community and they are next to each other so this also brings control in entrances and exits.

4. Door Locks

Finally one of the situational crime preventions I have is my door lock which only opens with fingerprints and/or passcode. This increases the effort for offenders to commit crimes since it is heavily locked and secured lockpicking. When passcodes are wrong or unknown fingerprints are used it will set an alarm and notify the app so you know if someone is trying to get in.

2 Comments

  1. I’ve identified two ways my neighborhood prevents crimes or uses techniques to try and lessen the crime that occurs.

    1. ADT. ADT is a security provider that provides services to residential, businesses, and other small and large companies and home’s security for crime prevention. They do this by allowing 24/7 video and audio monitoring throughout communities.
    Although it sounds safe there has been many occasions where cameras of ADT were hacked into. This is a great way to prevention of crime and burglary but it comes with risks.

    2. The second way my community tries to prevent crime is Police Department surveillance. At the end of each of my blocks there are police surveillance in which police official’s watch and monitor the streets of my neighborhood. There was a hit and run at the corner of my block where the camera is located and with help of the camera the suspect was caught and charged.

    3. The final way is street lights. Studies have shown that early in the day of when there is light present there is less crime to occur. My street lights seem to he extremely bright on my block which allows me to feel safer at night to coming home from a late shift.

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