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Crime Prevention Information Source
The Crime Prevention Website (TCPW) is an comprehensive source for all things related to crime prevention. Its author, Calvin Beckford, is a retired English police officer who set out to create “the most comprehensive crime prevention website ever!” "Proxy-marking"...
Protect Your Identity by Proxy-Marking Property
What is proxy-marking? In the computer industry, a proxy server is a go-between between two computers. When you proxy-mark your property, our service acts as a privacy-protected go-between between you and the police or a Good Samaritan. Proxy-marking your property is...
An Extra Layer of Security Helps the Police
Do you rip out your locks after you install an alarm? Alarms, cameras and heavy-duty locks are an excellent way to protect your home while you're away. This is how banks are fortified. But like banks, having an additional layer of security is an important security...
Enterprise Asset Management, Miniaturized
A brief history of enterprise asset management — Enterprise asset management (EAM) is a decades-old industry. It began long before the computer. Corporations, universities, governments and hospitals own stuff. Maybe you've purchased a piece of surplus furniture and...
The Unglamorous Security System
Low-tech has its place — Many people ask how my system repels criminals? There are no screaming sirens or live video feeds. There are no electronics or operators standing by. So, how? Long before the internet existed, the police recommended Operation...
Privacy Protection with the Lost and Found Feature
Operation Identification — The original concept underlying MyPropertyID is Operation Identification. Operation ID is simple: etch a unique mark in your property, record the serial numbers on a piece of paper, and place warning signs on doors and windows to deter...
Crime fighting at the speed of light
The radio revolutionized crime fighting — As a teenager, I had a police officer as a mentor. He used to joke that the police could travel at the speed of light because of the two-way radio. That was in the 1970s and communication technology has improved markedly since...
Operation Identification Meets the Internet
Police still urge the use of Operation Identification — For decades, the police have been urging citizens to embrace Operation Identification to no avail. Without it, the police have tremendous difficulties in solving burglaries and thefts on two fronts: The first is...
Troup County Sheriff Recommends Operation Identification
Operation Identification is widely embraced — The Troup County Sheriff, Georgia USA, recommends the traditional Operation Identification (OpID) strategy. I have taken the old OpID concept and migrated it to the web and made it much more robust. First conceived in 1963...
Police-Community Partnerships
The best bang for the buck — Research indicates that one of the best ways to reduce crime is through police-community partnerships. From a cost-benefit perspective, the strategy has the biggest bang for the buck. We see a lot of fissures in the news concerning...
