Tips for Preventing Violence Anywhere

Violence Prevention is a mindset.

It means being pro-active and  anticipating potential risks before they happen by recognizing attack  pre-cursors and issuing timely alerts.To prevent violence, we must remain focused on identifying people with violent intentions, not understanding them!

Remember appearances may be misleading…

DO NOT focus on WHO: age, appearance, race, ethnicity, nationality,  gender, language, or religion.

Instead pay attention to WHAT: behaviors and circumstances.

You can only identify a threat by observing or hearing about  suspicious activity. Pre-conceived notions, stereotyping and assumption are dangerously misleading. Avoid generalization and assess each threat separately.

Your suspicions will need to be based on:

• Judgment

• Experience

• Common sense