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Keeping the Community Safe and Secure

Neighborhoods should be safe and fostering environments for children.

Public Safety Determinants:

  • Crime rate
  • Deaths from all accidents per 100,000 populations
  • Juvenile crime rate
  • Violence crime rate
  • Homicide rate per 100,000
  • Rapes reported per 10,000 population
  • Domestic assault reported per 100,000 population
  • Average rescue call response time
  • Emergency calls per capita
  • Traffic
  • Sidewalk availability/quality
  • Street signs/lights
  • Safety structures
  • Jails

Ways to Improve Quality of Life and Social-Well-Being:

  • Encourage communities to get to know their neighbors, participate in a neighborhood watch program and report and suspicious activity to the Police Department
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