Last week’s meeting on personal
safety and home security had value, but one has to ask why it was needed.
It’s understood that there is
crime in the area. A number of homes in the area have been burglarized. There
was a rash of burglaries in Pennsbury Township last year and there were a
number reported in Chadds Ford as well. And virtually no police log published
is without at least one or two reports of people having things stolen from
their parked cars.
That said, Chadds Ford,
Pennsbury, Birmingham and Concord townships are not high crime areas. With
extremely rare exceptions, people are safe here from physical attack.
The meeting was pretty much
nothing more than a reminder that, ultimately, individuals need to take
responsibility for their own safety and security. That responsibility starts
with some basic common sense. Lock your home and car doors, use a security
alarm if you have one and call the police whenever you think a situation is
suspicious.
The question raised, though, is
why do people, especially those educated people who make up the bulk of the
area’s population, need to be reminded? That’s really just a rhetorical question
and one that would take a specialist to answer in it’s entirely. Suffice to say
it’s part of human nature to be lulled into feeling secure when most of life is
peaceful. But peace can create a false sense of security.
No one wants to live in a state
of hyper vigilance, and no one is suggesting that. What state Tpr. Rosemary
McGuire, Det. Poly Teti and Constable Phil Wenrich were trying to instill is
awareness. That’s pretty much all they can before the fact.
Laws and law enforcement do not
prevent crime. Even hyper vigilance does not do that. But people can, and they should
take proper precautions. Lock your doors, keep valuables out of sight, use
alarm systems, watch out for your neighbors and be ready to call police whenever
you think something is wrong.
Stay safe.
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