“National Crime Victims’ Rights Week” by Alina Lopez This past week, April 18-24, 2021, the Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime celebrated their annual National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, which is dedicated to learning about victimization and the effects it has on individuals and the community, as well as recognize
April Is Child Abuse Prevention Month On my last blog, I wrote about the Youth Crime Watch “Stop the Violence” Blue Ribbon Week Campaign, but there’s another Blue Ribbon nationwide movement the whole month of April for Child Abuse Prevention Awareness. Too often we hear of awful cases of child abuse and
All students have the right to learn in a safe, violent free environment. In fact, a positive, friendly school atmosphere promotes learning and produces better students. Unfortunately, school violence incidents occur more often than we wish. Prevention efforts by teachers, administrators, law enforcement, parents, and students themselves, have proven to reduce violence
With the Time Change Comes a Refresher on Your Home Security and Safety On March 14, we set our clocks forward in observance of daylight savings time. This is a good opportunity to review a few safety measures around your home. Take a few minutes to inspect your property from being
Neighborhood Watch in Times of COVID The past two blogs that I’ve written about have been focusing on current trends or events occurring in our area, but it’s important to concentrate on this organization’s bread and butter, the neighborhood watch program. Most, if not all, of our lives have changed in
Do you have a firearm that you want to get rid of? Inherited a gun and want to get it off your hands but don’t know how? There’s a program for that. On February 28, 2021 from 9:00 AM to Noon, Miami Dade Commissioner Sally A. Heyman, the Miami-Dade Police Department, the
Tax season is upon us once again and as the saying goes, there are only two things certain in life, death and taxes. It’s only fitting then to review tax fraud prevention. Tax fraud is a serious but common occurrence where someone uses your stolen personal information, including social security number, to
As economic stress rises, criminal behavior increases. Now more than ever we have to be vigilant of our surrounding and aware of scams. We have all dealt with scam calls and emails. We expect that to be on the rise. Beware of phising attacks via emails, text messages and phone calls. Phishing