Safety is Entrepreneurial in Nature

The same creative process which fuels technological and artistic breakthroughs also breaks down barriers to making safety a reality.

Safety is an Everyday Commodity.

A brief glance at seat belts; surge protectors; child ( sometimes adult, lol ) proof caps on bottled medicine; GPS systems; anti virus software and other protective creations lead to one conclusion: Safety is an everyday commodity. 

Its availability is a ray of hope for citizens awakening to the frightening, yet liberating, realization that the rise or fall of their safety quotient rests chiefly in their hands and not those of distant, disinterested government bureaucrats and corporate boards.

You Mean My Safety Isn't Somebody Else Responsibility???

Alot of folks who grew up in stable homes and more efficient eras are used to dialing or typing 911 and actually expecting a prompt response by the police. Our current " depolicing " depressed law enforcement culture in many places makes expecting a prompt response akin to humming, " To Dream the Impossible Dream, " while awaiting

understaffed and often undermotivated units to arrive. A surplus of such disappointment powers  this eureka moment when the citizen concludes, " You mean my safety isn't somebody else responsibility??? " The light from this realization reveals options the citizen couldn't have previously seen with an electron microscope.

Safety is Entrepreneurial in Nature!

Safety creators take time once spent complaining and dedicate it to creating responses. 

Some organize neighborhood watches, online and off, and catalog suspicious people and issue alerts on area crime and even missing pets.

The next level of safety creator spends their time lobbying elected officials and building organizations devoted to supporting pro safety politicians and not supporting those who aren't safety minded.

Adventurous safety creators take martial arts training; firearms instruction; or carry less lethal self defense items like pepper spray or stun guns. A crusading few hit the streets as citizens on patrol or offer themselves as advisors to businesses and event organizers in troublesome areas.

All of this effort begins and ends with individuals. There is no law mandating they do so and no bureaucrat to brow beat them into taking action. Safety is entrepreneurial in nature.

It should come as no surprise that this article came to me while engaged in my entrepreneurial activity at the building I secure. 

After all, my business is minding your business!

Nadra Enzi aka Cap Black is a consultant and safety advocate working with businesses and event organizers to create their own safety.

http://www.urbansafetyist.blogspot.com