A safe community is easier to maintain when all residents participate and are involved.
Carol Oosterhuis was a Crime Prevention Specialist for the Minneapolis Police Department. In an article she penned for the Hill and Lake Press she asserted that the best defense against crime is neighbors who know one another.
Here is Ms. Oosterhuis’s article from May 1, 1993:
Photograph of 2018 Minneapolis Police Fifth Precinct Open House courtesy of Minneapolis Police Department
“Hill and Lake Press” of May 1, 1993 courtesy of Hennepin County Library