Safe America Company specializes in creating crime prevention programs for communities, neighborhoods, small businesses and organizations, schools, churches, hospitals, nursing homes, airports, municipalities and others. Safe America Company also offers security consulting services to law enforcement agencies, fire and rescue departments, security companies, and others.

Neighborhood and Business Watch

A neighborhood crime watch is at the core of things that the community can do to prevent crime. Simply put, community neighborhood watches represent people (neighbors) working together in the protection of their neighborhood or community. And it is the same for business. Businesses that work together will experience less crime. It is "Watching Out and Helping Out." Criminals stay away from communities that have Neighborhood Watches: too many eyes and ears. Where Neighborhood Watches are at work, so is the police, because neighbors that organize this community protection organizations always do it in partnership with the police. And now, given the 9-11 event, neighborhood watches can actually prevent terrorism in their community and nationally by reporting unusual and suspicious activity in their neighborhoods. The President of the United States has stated that we need a "National Neighborhood Watch."

Security Surveys

Every home and business should have a security survey (or assessment) to determine what needs to be done to protect the property and its occupants. Does the property need better lighting (internal & external), do the doors and windows have the proper locks, or does the shrubbery need trimming? These and a number of additional factors are considered in determining whether the property owners have done everything they can to deter crime and to delay entry into the property by unauthorized persons. No security survey is complete without an educational crime prevention session with all of the residents of the property. What to do when traveling, what to do when having a yard sale, what to do when contracting with a repairman, what to do when going shopping, what to do with mail received, how to protect themselves from fraud in the Internet, and many other like subjects that prepare people to deal with different situations and activities. And for those with children, how to protect their kids to and from school.

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)

One of the most important actions that a community can take to be a safe community, is to develop a carefully crafted Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) plan that is agreed to by the planning commission, law enforcement, the local government, developers, the business community, the faith community, the school board, and other important community organizations. A good CPTED plan reduces or eliminates crime and the fear of crime because it denies criminals opportunities to commit a crime and makes the target more elusive and complicated. Yet, a CPTED plan also provides for open and secure space for everyone in the community and it improves the quality of life for everyone. A good example of CPTED is never to build a community right next to a major highway.

Street Lighting

One of the most effective tools in crime fighting is Light. Lots of light on the streets, parks, shopping centers, parking lots, schools, factories, businesses, and every area in the community. Criminals do not like to be seen. Lighting is one of the most effective crime deterrents. Citizens and government officials used to worry about cost, but with new lighting technology the cost has gone down and lighting up the community is the best investment that could be made to reduce crime and the fear of crime.