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SELF-DEFENSE CORNER
by DL White (Plain Press, March 2016) Picture it! You are driving down a back highway through a rural area. Trees line the road and the red orange sun is settling behind the mountain. Suddenly a deer jumps out of the shadows and runs across your path. Your heart is pounding wildly as you swerve…
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Self Defense Corner
by D. L. White (Plain Press, February 2016) Open up a newspaper, or your search engine, and the news is laced with violence and destruction. Walking into a restaurant, school, or waking up can make anyone apprehensive about the days’ events. What can be done about your day to day safety? Guns, stun guns, mace,…
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Men Who Wish to Change reach out to Cleveland families of street violence victims
Plain Press, December 2015 Men Who Wish to Change, a group of prisoners in the Trumbull Correctional Camp, a state prison in Trumbull County, used their resources and contacts in Cleveland and Akron to host a condolence dinner for families of street violence victims. Men Who Wish to Change founder Rawn Nash recruited his Godmother,…
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PERSONAL SAFETY: General Safety Tips (while at home)
Cleveland Police Foundation Safety Tip of the Month (Plain Press, September 2015) 1 – Keep your doors locked while at home or away. Don’t leave keys hidden outside. Install a peephole viewer in your door and don’t open it without knowing who is on the other side. If a stranger comes to the door and…
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Safety Tip of the Month: PERSONAL SAFETY: While walking, jogging, or biking
Safety Tip of the Month PERSONAL SAFETY: While walking, jogging, or biking (Plain Press, August 2015) Send the message while you are out and about that you are calm, and confident. Avoid isolated areas. Use familiar routes in well-lit, populated areas, and avoid alleys, deserted or wooded areas and parking lots. Especially at night, bike…
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Safety Tip of the Month
Personal Safety — General Safety Tips: (Plain Press, July 2015) 1 – The most effective way to prevent crime is through common sense, awareness, and basic safety precautions. Remember that your safety is your responsibility. Use your senses to always be aware of your surroundings. 2 – Let someone know where you are going and…
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Panel tackles police accountability and the use of body-worn police cameras
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, May 2015) At the April 18th meeting of the Greater Cleveland Civil and Human Rights Coalition, a panel of seven people with a variety of different areas of expertise weighed in on the question of whether or not Body-Worn Cameras will increase police accountability. Shakyra Diaz, a Policy Manager for…
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Police Department to roll out body worn cameras in Second District
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, March 2015) At the February 10th meeting of the Second District Community Relations Committee, Cleveland Police Department Deputy Chiefs Wayne Drummond and Leroy Morrow explained the planned roll out of body cameras in the Cleveland Police Department. Officers in the Second District will be issued body cameras during the month…
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Councilwoman Brady joins residents in effort to restore police mini stations
(Plain Press, March 2015) On Tuesday, February 22nd, in front of the City Council Committee Room in Cleveland City Hall, Councilwoman Dona Brady, Rose Zitiello, Westown CDC Executive Director and community activists presented petitions and comments to Police Chief Calvin Williams prior to budget hearings of the Cleveland Police Department. The petitions contain over 1500…