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Crime is down in the 7th District and in the Skinker-DeBaliviere area (though the West End keeps its image as a high crime area). Monthly statistics for the last year or so, have steadily declined as quoted in another article on these pages. Our job is to bring them down to zero, by making any kind of crime risky and unprofitable in our neighborhood. Printed here are some steps we can take to discourage criminal activities in our community.
Apartment Dwellers
GET TO KNOW WHO LIVES IN YOUR BUILDING, or,in the larger buildings, those who live on your floor. Keep an eye out for them, and a suspicious eye on strangers. Be especially thoughtful of elderly people or invalids, checking to see that they are all right. Let them know you are available if they need help. INSIST THAT YOUR LANDLORD PROVIDE… good door locks, front and back. Door chains or peepholes. Adequate lighting in halls, gangways, garages. Locks on all basement entrances, that are kept closed and locked at all times. Heavy mesh screening for windows on the first floor and fire escapes. If your landlord refuses to do any of these, notify him that you are attending to them and will deduct the cost from your rent. This is particularly effective when done by all tenants in a building as a group. If you have any questions, call the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council Office, VO. 2-5122 WHEN YOU ARE OUT leave a radio and some lights on. IF YOU MUST COME IN AT NIGHT, call a neighbor and ask him to keep an eye out for you. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE AWAY FOR SOME TIME let a neighbor know. Stop mail and other deliveries. DO NOT WALK ALONE AT NIGHT KEEP THE ST. LOUIS POLICE TELEPHONE NUMBER AT HAND. CE. 1-1212.
For The Children
KNOW YOUR ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER. DO NOT TALK TO STRANGERS, OR ACCEPT CANDY, GUM, OR OFFERS OF A RIDE. MARK YOUR BIKE AND KEEP TRACK OF IT. Do not ride alone far from your own neighborhood. AVOID GANGS OF KIDS. If followed, or worried, go to the nearest house you know and ask a grown-up to call the police. DO NOT SEND CHILDREN ALONE TO THE STORE WITH MONEY. TEACH CHILDREN AND BABY SITTERS NOT TO GIVE OUT INFORMATION ABOUT WHO IS HOME AND WHO IS OUT, ESPECIALLY OVER THE TELEPHONE.
Homeowners
CHECK YOUR LOCKS ON DOORS AND WINDOWS. Keep screen and storm doors latched. Keep outside basement doors, and entrance from basement to house locked at all times. Use grills or heavy mesh screen on basement windows, or nail them shut. Pay attention to balcony windows, french doors, etc. Keep your garage locked. KEEP FRONT AND BACK OUTSIDE LIGHTS ON DURING THE EVENING HOURS. KEEP A LIST OF THE SERIAL NUMBERS OR OTHER MARKINGS ON VALUABLES. DO NOT LEAVE LADDERS AND TOOLS OUTSIDE. POST POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT PHONE NUMBERS NEAR YOUR TELEPHONES. WHEN AWAY, stop all deliveries and ask a neighbor to turn lights on and off daily.
For Women
DO NOT WALK ALONE AT NIGHT. LEAVE YOUR PURSE AT HOME WHENEVER POSSIBLE, and then do not carry valuable papers or credit cards when walking. A new booklet, “Lady, Be Careful”, is being printed by the Women’s Crusade against Crime. Get a copy and read it.
KNOW WHO YOUR BLOCK WATCHER IS IF SUSPICIOUS of a burglar when returning home, go next door and telephone police.
All Residents
DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR TO STRANGERS: TEACH CHILDREN, GUESTS AND ROOM-MATES NOT TO OPEN DOORS TO STRANGERS. Use a door chain or a peephole to identify anyone at your front or back door. Be suspicious of anyone who seems to be going door to door looking for a “friend”. He can be checking homes, waiting to find one with no one in it, and will break in there. If in doubt, call the police, CE.1-1212, and ask to have a patrol car check your block. REMEMBER THE POLICE WOULD RATHER PREVENT CRIME, THAN INVESTIGATE IT. Call them when you see or hear suspicious activity. WHEN YOU ARE HOME, KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS. Investigate strange sounds, barking dogs. When the children are coming and going from school, look out the window and see that no one is disturbing them. Report unidentified trucks or vans. If what seem to be workmen are carrying materials out of a house, call your neighbor and be sure the workmen are not thieves. Notice if strangers are loitering on sidewalks or in alleys.
Car Owners
(Automobile theft by gangs of professionals is nationwide), To discourage professionals and amateurs. LOCK IT AND POCKET THE KEY AT ALL TIMES. RIDE AND DRIVE WITH DOORS LOCKED AT ALL TIMES. BE SUSPICIOUS OF ANY RUSE TO GET YOU OUT OF YOUR CAR. BE ALERT ON PARKING LOTS (CITY OR COUNTY). Don’t get out of your car if you suspect persons loitering on a parking lot. Drive to a safe telephone and call the police, or call someone in the building to come and meet you. DO NOT PICK UP HITCHHIKERS. DO NOT LEAVE VALUABLES IN CAR.
Originally published in The Paper, December 1972.
Read this article in the original newspaper issue.
Original source: SD_Times1972_12.pdf, printed page(s) 5.
