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BUSINESS CRIME PREVENTION
Crime Prevention is a
pattern of attitudes and behaviors directed both at reducing the threat of
crime and enhancing the sense of safety and security, to positively
influence the quality of life in our society, and to help develop
environments where crime cannot flourish.
Crime prevention
means working in partnership, rather than in isolation, with concerned
citizens to address ways to prevent crime. It means law enforcement
working with communities, businesses, and service organizations to develop
action plans, where necessary, to prevent or reduce crime and other
problems.
There have been numerous inquiries on
this website about Business Watch. We thank the Community
Services Bureau of the Kent County Sheriff's Department in Michigan for
making this information available.
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KENT
COUNTY BUSINESS WATCH
The Kent County Sheriff's
Department recently launched a Business Watch program in the north end
of the county. The community, with numerous Neighborhood Watches in
the residential area is familiar with such programs, Community
policing officer Bill Whiting canvassed a segment of the business
district to see if business owners were interested in organizing such
an association and received commitment from 100% of
the merchants
The first meeting was called and was very well attended.
Attendees received basic training on how to identity and report
suspicious activity. Businesses were registered. Instead
of a calling tree, merchants will be notified about known criminal
activity via a fax generated at the sheriff's department. Future
training meetings are planned. More business watches are planned
for other parts of the county in an effort to reduce crime county
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Business Watch - Booklet
Business Watch - Outline |
Grocer falls prey to wire fraud scam
Whistle-blowers still best at finding fraud-survey
A Safe Work Place is
Everybody's Business
Violence in the Workplace
NIOSH
Preventing Workplace Violence
OSHA
Workplace Violence
- Issues and Response, FBI (80 pages PDF)
Armed
Robbery, A case history and discussion for small businesses
Workplace crime costs local businesses $1.8B
Crime rising at area hotels (The Charlotte Observer, N.C.
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Crime Prevention Association of Michigan
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East Lansing, MI 48823
Telephone: 800-414-CPAM
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