How could you fight local crime in your area?
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Utilitize your local media.The worst thing this "union" can endure is an advertisement.
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Call the county cops there and ask them.
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let the police handle it
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Ask you local police department.
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Quickly write down a description of the people .. yell out to call attention to the situation .. and call the cops.. you never know they might catch tme later , and the slimess chance they might get it back.. other than that they may catch them so someone else doesnt get something stolen.
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call  the  local  city,  or  sheriff  dept,  they  can  tell   you.
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ask police.They knew the best methods
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You say "city," not tiny little small town.  My guess is that it is pretty literally impossible.  If you have any other information, though, it might be possible to hire a private detective.  It's not the sort of thing you can do on the Internet.  And frankly, I think that's a good thing.  We do enough compromising of our privacy these days as it is.
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MAY I SUGGEST GOING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS BEACAUSE YOU CAN GET MUCH INFO ABOUT THAT ON HERE
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visit local police station, ask for their advise... or visit local library and do some research on local public safety data... hopefully you could do some preliminary on the web too...
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Start with the police.  Also, talk to the owner of the establishment, unless he's one of the thieves.
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YOu can call the Sheriffs Department in your area.
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Believe it or not, education is the best way.  I was a part of a "neighborhood watch" program.  This is where Police come into a neighborhood and train the citizens what to watch for (in the way of crime reporting).  It's much easier for a group to stand up together against something, rather than an individual.  \n\nI would teach people safety lessons, how to contact the Police and all sorts of other things.  After the group is trained and everyone "signed up" to participate, then I would go back each month to see how things are going, keep the members updated as to crimes in their area and tell about arrests that had been made by the Police and those that were made due to the groups involvement.  We would place a Neighborhood Watch sign to let everyone know that the area works with the Police and will call.  People used to ask me "Do those signs really help."  My answer was usually, "They can't hurt."  Then I arrested a guy for burglary and was able to get a confession.  He took us around to show us places that he had burglarized.  He would show us a house and then go to the next.  He skipped around and so I asked him, "why didn't you hit the other areas."  He told me "Because I saw the Neighborhood Watch signs in the other areas.  It may not mean much, but it told me people are watching and would call the Police.  Why take the chance - the risk is too high, when I can go into another area and no one calls the Police."  Made me realize that being a part of a group that WILL call the Police and work with them can really make a difference.\n\nI was the contact Officer for the group and by knowing me personally, the group felt that they could call me about anything (which they could - even problems with another Officer) and know that I would handle the situation.  This give and take trust put power in the groups hands and word got out to the theives and thugs to STAY AWAY.  It works!
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you might want to consider which organized crime group controls the neighborhood you want to open one in and get their input. They might have people on their payroll who can grease the wheels of beauracracy for you, and besides you will end up having to deal with them anyway.
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Simple:\n\n1.  Walk away if possible, report any assaults promptly to local authorities.\n\n2.  If not possible to walk away, defend your self and report to authorities promptly.
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Ask a dozen shop owners and make up youre own. Theirs plenty of crime arround and the worst is the White Collar Criminality headed by the US government
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check your local police department.