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Aloha
Welcome to the October 2008, edition of Inside HPD. October is National Crime Prevention Month. Crime prevention is a community wide effort, no one agency or organization can do it alone, it is everyone's business. In 1984, the National Crime Prevention Council, the nation's focal point for preventing crime, designated October as Crime Prevention Month.
Crime prevention month is an opportune time for citizens to carefully consider what they personally can do to help prevent and fight crime in their community, and to pay tribute to the many individuals who have already taken personal responsibility for their neighborhoods, and community organizations that work for the common good.
The celebration of Crime Prevention Month includes the recognition of businesses, government agencies, and citizens who are working together to create safer communities. What can each of us do? Work with law enforcement officials, people working together can prevent and solve many crimes. Notify the police of suspicious activities. Start neighborhood crime watches and patrols. And when a criminal is caught press charges, this helps protect others.
- The tips available on our Halloween safety page are common sense approaches to keeping our children safe.
- Young drivers today are surrounded by media messages that depict street racing as glamorous and okay.
- The Neighborhood Security watch program on Oahu is sponsored by the Honolulu Police Department, and is a program which involves total citizens participation in involvement in a self help cooperative battle against crime.
- Events will be added to the HPD Calendar as scheduled.
"Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you."
William Arthur Ward
Inside HPD is an online publication of the Honolulu Police Department's Community Affairs Section. Written by Officer Eddie Croom. (808) 529-3351.
