The #PersonalSector: Fast track to Safer Communities


In my opinion, private sector solutions to crime, despite outnumbering public or governmental ones, pale in comparison to what I call the personal sector.

The personal sector are individuals and ad hoc groups operating independent of corporate or 501 ( c ) 3 structures. I also think the personal sector is the vehicle for stakeholders to secure their areas without awaiting rationed services from government and corporations, for profit and otherwise.

Old English practices like the Hue and Cry where citizens apprehended suspects on the spot; being a Thief Taker who professionally captured criminals for rewards and Beadles, who secured marketplaces, are prime examples of personal sector initiatives.

Television and radio shows took the Wanted posters of the Wild West era and the 20th Century into the personal sector via tip lines like CrimeStoppers and especially America's Most Wanted, starring crimefighter John Walsh.

While these platforms were run by corporations in partnership with government, results are generated through the personal sector in the form of tipsters calling; emailing and texting. 

Social media in the 21st Century has enabled expansive personal sector networks I call safe crowding to share information and offline assistance directly, with government and corporate assistance often coming in long after the fact- if at all.

Location features in smart phones and vehicles are allowing owners and friends to track down stolen merchandise much faster than the public and private sectors. 

Corporations innovate; government regulates but individuals produce desired results quicker than either.

In the face of reducing prison populations and rising crime, the personal sector option allows stakeholders to circumvent red tape and rationed safety in order to quickly create their own safety and lobby to have the public and private sectors support them, instead of the other way around.

The  personal sector is truly a fast track to safer communities!

#CapBlackUrbanSafetyist 





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