SafetyCreator

( From Cap Black Social Media ): Thoughts after the #TropicalStorm Barry Mobilization. #Collectiveconsciousness radiated terse expectations regarding what this former Category One hurricane and tropical storm would do when it arrived in New Orleans. Of all words spoken and typed about this event, one I didn't see or hear was, #prepper. It often conjures connotations of militarists, cultists and survivalists, among other ominous " ists " in skeptical minds. Sweeping store closures and mass buying underscored the very real need of folks to have  food, water and other supplies independent of what government and big nonprofits offer in time consuming times of need. The word prepper may make folks uneasy. What makes me even more uneasy is the thought of people hungry, thirsty and frantic during real or imagined crisis because they didn't or couldn't stock supplies to sustain themselves until conditions return to normal. We who care must also prepare. ...

( From My Social Media ): If Only Evil were Easy to See The image of Mr. Barlow, my favorite vampire, popped in my head earlier today while making rounds. I was reflecting on how easy #crimeprevention and unmasking false friends would be if subjects looked like this character. Alas fellow #safetysapiens, that's far from the case. While cues and pre incident indicators offer aware observers invaluable heads up, deception can make a vampire intent upon feasting on our energy and resources appear to be anything but what he or she really is- an opponent operating right under our noses. If only Evil were easy to see... it can be easy to see if we pay close attention. Just like you'd run away at warp speed if Mr. Barlow materialized before you, figuratively run away from negative people after their friendly mask slips off. You don't have to wait for their fangs to sink in to see them for who they really are #CapBlackSELFDeveloper #selfdevelopment #selflove  #dis...

We choose the conditions we accept,  knowingly, unwittingly and in ways great and small. Let's accept good ones by consciously, collectively creating them. Tragic Example: When the collective consciousness of my old neighborhood shifted from the quiet, dignified productivity of my grandparents, parents and even my generation to insurgent loud, larcenous, lethal counterproductivity, I saw firsthand what happens when negative conditions become the norm. The Solution?: Keep looking. Keep assessing. Keep creating safety and civility and opportunity daily and unapologetically displace negativity. #capblacksafetycreator #securityphilosopher #safetyandsupportmanager #selfdevelopment #selfrealization #selfactualization #orator #writer

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( From UrbanSafetyist on Facebook ): On Sunday, May 19th, 2019, either a nervous breakdown or the Holy Spirit-I'll take the latter interpretation ( lol )-mandated that I put this " Shepherds of the City " outreach idea into action. Those in the know, know that I'm a long-term one man street patrol doing quiet crime prevention and homeless outreach on the streets, not from office suites. Sometimes I've had people join me but usually I'm a solo act. Shepherds of the City has been echoing louder and louder in my mind for some time but I fought heeding its call until nearly a week ago when acceptance beat avoidance. An overwhelming conviction to do so took over and I took action. Did I mention this Shepherds of the City vision called for me to walk with a staff in hand reminiscent of Charlton Heston's portrayal of Moses in the Ten Commandments movie? I'm old school and very low key, despite improbable beliefs like fictional superheroes can serve...

The latest spate of organized teen violence by a group I call the " Sucker Punch Gang, " in the Marigny and St. Roch communities, underscores the urgency of my safety creation theory.  As criminals become more " bold and brazen " to quote New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Shaun Ferguson, citizens must be more mobilized and motivated. Caught between perpetual police staffing shortages, political dismisal of mass victimization and oppressive outside oversight of local law enforcement, citizens can either become silenced slaves-which elites prefer-or vocal victors in the battle to save our homes, events and public spaces from politically enabled career criminals. If we did little more than safety walks, my basic service, escorting ourselves to vehicles and other destinations, that act alone displaces nearby negativity in the vicinity. Groups like the Sucker Punch Gang revel in catching citizens alone and off guard. Safety walks are one way ...

( From UrbanSafetyist Facebook page ): They've attacked three people I know  ( one of whom was there last night and IDed assailant from an April 9th assault ). They target pedestrians and cyclists in the St. Roch and Marigny neighborhoods. Been playing cat and mouse with them for the last three weeks. #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist

From UrbanSafetyist Facebook Page: " 2Nite: Walked someone to her car a few blocks away from the building where we work. The latest area violent teen gang has people wary. Too many attacks lately not to take precautions. " Share safety and walk in pairs. It's fun, it's free and you get to watch each others backs! :) #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist By Ur Side.

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 ( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram Yesterday ): #SuspectSeeker Memory:  A year ago today I had a notorious area robber, burglar and repeat  trespasser  of building whete I'm #headofsecurity  arrested on a nearby corner for trespassing. He had 2 active burglary  warrants also.  #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #SecurityPhilosopher  #RewardSeeker Taking Negativity Down!

#SmartBouncer Some in the #securityindustry and its event sector shy away from the term, #bouncer. Like government counterparts, private professionals are being asked to rebrand their fields within the security industry out of past roles which may or not fit in with modern sensibilities. One of my favorite #SafetyCreation fields is being a bouncer. Its elemental position as the sober, effective keeper of the peace at #venues appeals to me. My recently made term #SmartBouncer is in honor of these problem solvers who often diffuse or displace more negativity than almost any other security field. #Bouncers, take a well deserved bow. #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #SecurityPhilosopher #headofsecurity

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ): Email Threat Maker who's banned from the building was met by me just before he locked up his bicycle- just as his pre incident indicator suggested ( calling our Co-op earlier ), he was trying to make a surprise trespassing visit. After I told him he was banned he became violently angry and started screaming at me. I briefed staff and fellow Management and even got to talk to a pair of officers he'd called on me for not letting him enter the building??? LOL After I told them he was banned, they in turn informed him of the same. He telegraphed his intention to trespass and now has police alerted to his intention to trespass. The game's afoot! #SuspectSeeker #RewardAgent Directing Responses. #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #headofsecurity #RewardSeeker Putting Negativity AWAY!

DON'T be a #Security Flunky. One major reason why I consult and do safety advocacy are those who treat private professionals like flunkies. I come to the table as an advisor and decision maker, not a flunky left out of the loop and given marching orders. I've noted in my experience that the very people who ask for help carrying items to their business, for Insrance, have among them those who now see u as an indentured servant toward whom no slight nor outright disrespect is off limits. That's why I also avoid doing any clean up with these arrogant people'. I quickly direct them to site custodians or inform them where can get suppliers to do the clean up themselves. I respect myself and this industry and will not be a security flunky for anyone whose ego requires one. I strongly advise other professionals to do the same. Customer service or making clients happy is one thing- being treated like an inferior being is another matter entirely. There are TOO ...

Trayvon Martin was killed seven years ago today. He and another private citizen with equal legal standing  got into a life ending altercation. George Zimmerman, the armed citizen in the confrontation, has proven himself afterward to be every bit the thug that Martin's critics call him to this day. As a citizen on patrol for many years, this is a cautionary, classic case of how NOT to do neighborhood watch or patrol your community. Nadra Enzi aka Cap Black is a consultant and safety advocate in New Orleans.

Letter to the Editor about Ending the Consent Decree Over NOPD: I type this as someone who knows Susan Hutson, New Orleans Independent Police Monitor and John Arionne, the Federal Consent Decree Monitor tasked with overseeing the court ordered reform of the New Orleans Police Department. Both are passionate advocates for constitutional policing, peer mediation within department ranks and community engagement. I arrived in the real life Gotham City which is New Orleans shortly before the consent decree was in place. My hometown isn't a model for community policing but I nonetheless was vocal for just that, with intense emphasis on the complaints and concerns of law abiding Black citizens not being ignored. In New Orleans, law enforcement supporters  endured years of  " Blue Hemmoarge  ( mass retirement and quitting in  protest of the past mayor and present federal oversight ) " where police response time was measured in days instead of minutes due to this unpr...

Public Safety Racism: Old and New. #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist  A gun battle this weekend between brave officers and a brutal armed robbery suspect on Canal St. and Elk Place, a bad corner of New Orleans Central Business District  ( CBD ), brought home a point I made about that corner, and urban insecurity, for years. Five innocent bystanders were hit as the suspect opened fire when officers approached him. The corner is heavily populated by working class Black people trying to get from Point A to B at its busstop. For years bus passengers and pedestrians navigated open air drug dealing and menacing mobs of young men. The impression I always got when I'd email the past office holders about this corner's powderkeg potential, was that my concerns as a safety advocate who is Black weren't important. Such menace is considered par for the course for urban environments so no special attention was needed, even if the occasional bus rider or dope boy got shot....

My safety creation theory involves looking at motivational and even metaphysical ( or energy related ) causes for people to create safety and conversely, produce insecurity. Progressive friends will point to poverty and racial discrimination as reasons why criminals, especially urban ones, citing these issues as reasons for offending shouldn't be punished. They go a step further and state said issues demand wholesale reenvisioning of the criminal justice system, with decriminalization and cash bail abolition as major objectives, regardless of dire consequences. Old School brother that I am, I usually politely differ.  In this instance, I'll politely differ with a caveat. The caveat is criminals using poverty and pigmentation as excuses to commit crime are burdened with a consciousness of lack; a concept familiar to my metaphysical and energy work minded friends. The perspective I have on consciousness of lack as a motive for crime is it's a zero sum cop ou...

My safety creation theory is pure citizen on patrol in its approach. I don't do badges, camouflage pants and shades. More power to folks in traditional private security who dress that way, but mine is a plainclothes style. My message is you too  can be a safety creator and you don't need to look like anyone but yourself to do it. The citizen on patrol approach is a departure from the paramilitary branding of traditional private security as the industry addesses its image problem. To the traditional private security professionals out there, I salute you and know that next to a mobilized public, you are easily society's leading organized protective resource. Keep doing your thing and I'll keep doing mine and together, security professionals and mobilized citizens alike, will form an even bigger protective resource for society. You dont have to wear a uniform to create safety and I salute those who do! #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist 

It's Mardi Gras season in New Orleans and that means thousands of revelers seeking fun in our neighborhoods. It also means a dramatic uptick in uninvited guests looking for somewhere to sprawl, use as an improvised restroom or even vandalize. Last year,bI did a place watch on Mardi Gras Day at a friends house on the quieter end of world famous Bourbon St. My role was keeping revelers from entering her house party and also not sitting on the front and side stairs. Litter control rounded out my duties. Before, during and after parades is when porches and places experience crowds and within them, folks we need to lookout for. Place watching is part of making safe fun by reestablishing boundaries which friends, neighbors and safety creators like me can referee. #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist  #SafeFunSupervisor 

Directing Apprehensions- #RewardSeeker Style! As a safety creator and Head of Security for a multi purpose building, I sometimes create safety by being a reward seeker. Reward seeking is my way for folks who aren't licensed bail recovery agents ( bounty hunters ) to nonetheless go after suspects and advertised wanted fugitives. There are two types of reward seeker: overt ones who actually detain suspects and covert ones who secretly direct police to identified suspects and fugitives. I urge would be safety creators to practice either style or ideally, both. Doing nothing means unwittingly aiding and abetting criminals who don't need your help. Last year, I shadowed a shoplifter I'd banned from the building after spotting him on its security cameras. He didn't know I was behind him on the phone with a police executive who had several units descend upon him en masse. Another time in 2018 myself and a covert ensemble of business owners kept tabs on ...

#RewardSeekers: Expanded #Bountyhunting. ( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ): People who are wanted by the law, and unwanted by victims, families, friends, and victim advocates, may need pursuers beyond the ranks of overburdened law enforcement and  #bailagents facing competition from the pre trial release movement. Many moons ago back home, as my #SafetyCreation Theory took shape, I applied the basic role of  #bountyhunter to non #bail related fugitives: child support, probation and parole violators and fugitives advertised in local papers. Some long term #bountyhunters had shared this expansion of #fugitiverecovery and I explored it. My working title for such  endeavors is Reward Seeker ( RS ). A reward seeker is an expanded bounty hunter whose #motivation isn't always monetary ( Gasp!, Lol ) and doesn't require an intermediary like a bail agent. #Motivation runs the gamut from the thrill of the " hunt " per se to the satisfaction of ins...

Brief Reflection after Nearby Gun fire. ( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ): A half hour ago my semi conscious slumber was disturbed by a disturbed individual several blocks away repeatedly firing a weapon. My advocacy is #motivational and even #metaphysical so through these twin lenses I take a dim view of such negative outbursts. How do some people take this magic of guiding invisible energy and myriad physiological reactions to do something as dangerous and craven as fire a weapon  before sunrise in a densely populated area? What wavelength and worldview justifies such nehavior? I don't know and since I'm not a member of my coalition called to figure out such dysfunction, I redouble my calling, which is creating safety against such chaotic energy. It doesn't deserve to be around innocent people. There are #SafetyCreators and there are #insecurityproducers. This gunfire clearly was the product of a producer of insecurity. #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #Securi...

( Exclusive to UrbanSafetyist blog ): Last night, a Lyft ride home from work  ( I'm Head of Security for the New Orleans Healing Center ) included a surprise: The Lyft driver had a male companion, perhaps her son, seated beside her on the front seat. While not current Lyft policy, it is a policy recommendation I would like to see instituted. I'd call these companions " safety riders " and as the title implies, their role would be securing drivers who'd feel safer with someone they know along for the ride. Their role would be non confrontational and would serve as extra witnesses or assistance. This policy recommendation is in response to having heard many drivers lament rowdy events and passengers. Safety riders would go through the same background check and have their faces and names appear below those of the drivers they accompany when a passenger hails one. It's added safety creation for all concerned. I'd gladly serve as a safety ride...

#GoodEnergy is All I Allow Around Me! ( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ): I demand good energy be around me as my primary reality. I refuse to borrow, or be burdened by, other's misery or lack of civility. My safety creation theory focuses on preserving good energy, between people, within spaces and at events, not only as a norm- but as THE norm! Allowing bad energy: loudness, theft, graft, deception, violence and condoning constructs around you forces good energy elsewhere. When you consciously interact with people, places and events radiating good energy, you are repelled by the mere thought of experiencing its opposite. #affirmation: Good Energy is All I Allow Around Me! Make it a habit you don't break. #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #Sec #headofsecurity

My safety creation theory is a protective mindset where my authorization, and that of like minds with whom I work or assist, is our being and not badges, credentials or uniforms. That said, let me make it very clear that I'm a vocal supporter of law enforcement and security professionals. It's also clear that my safety creation theory isn't conventional policing nor traditional uniformed security. I work beside individuals, businesses and event organizers who need motivation to spearhead their own safety creation. My role is to be a " lead, " someone who advises his partners and takes the initiative to resolve safety issues facing us. If generating publicity or interfacing with officials is required, that's what I do in support of my safety creation partners. I'm an advocate and consultant beside those with whom I work or assist, not a distant service provider who rides off into the sunset. I'm by your side. #CapBlackUrb...

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ): #ThiefTaker: An Idea Worth Revisiting. Before police existed in  Medeval England or #bountyhunters in the American West, #thieftakers captured criminals on behalf of victims who retained them or the court system. Fast forward to today's era of #bail being elbowed by the  pretrial release ( PTR ) movement and I wonder is it time to consider reinstituting thief taking as a legal, private response to fugitives who still won't go to court even after pre trial release said they were low flight risks? Individuals detaining a PTR fugitive and calling the police for arrest after they confirm warrant status, dramatically expand the recovery effort  pre trial release as currently constituted doesn't participate in. It additionally gives #bailagents and #bountyhunters another venue to use proven skills. Thief takers could also be contracted by pre trial release programs to go after their fugitives. Compensation would be paid by the...

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ): #SafetyCreation #Premonition! Im having a feeling 2day that a great assignment is just around the corner. I see myself working with #likeminds desiring safety, civility and opportunity. We will enjoy ourselves and all involved will be enhanced by the safe, successful  experience. Whether its cause is #metaphysical, #telepathy, marketing or my overactive #imagination, I gratefully say: So be it. :) #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #SecurityPhilosopher #headofsecurity 7

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ): Events Reflect Energy! When considering #SafetyCreation for occasions with their organizers, I use this measuring rod: Events reflect energy! Organizers radiating hostility and incivility invariably host events filled with hostility and incivility. I warn younger #EventSecurity professionals to avoid gatherings offering " Baghdad ( meaning private military contractor level ) risk minus Baghdad monetary reward. " I resonate with calm, creative energy. Organizers radiating this type of energy  are welcome partners. #SafeFun is my goal at events, not feeling like a de facto correctional officer looking over my shoulder for predatory patrons to the accompaniment of a booming background beat. Been there, done that. Events reflect energy. Make sure any occasion u work is one whose energy meshes well with ur own. #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #SecurityPhilosopher  #headofsecurity

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ): Words to Live #LargerthanLife by! #DocSavage the #WorldsFirstSuperhero is a BIG influence on my  #safetycreation. Can't wait to see @therock's interpretation in the upcoming Doc Savage movie! There's a man ( or woman ) of bronze inside each of us! #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #SecurityPhilosopher  #headofsecurity

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram  ): Don't Let Shutdowns Shut YOU Down!! VERY happy to hear the government will be funded for another 3 weeks to allow long overdue debate to finally happen. The plight of federal workers, and next in line federal program  recipients, underscores how responsibly those whose actions impact others must act. It was a deep-often painful-national #meditation on #empathy #responsibility and #insensitivity. Each day this impasse placed a #metaphysical and #motivational question, How do we not shutdown during shutdowns?, front and center on millions of minds across party lines. We can't shut down basic communication with those who differ with us, when lives hang in the balance. Don't let shutdowns shut YOU down- much easier said than done during this last impasse... a life lesson for all involved. If we remain open to respecting each other, shutdowns like this will be a thing of the past. #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #SecurityPhil...

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ): Saving the Day! If u are in the traditional #Security industry, or an #nontraditional #safetycreator like me, saving the day is ur purpose. Ur presence is meant to displace negativity- period. Methods vary, from navigation to negotiation to confrontation, but the result is the same: u send bad energy packing. U and those u mobilize to make saving the day part of their lifestyle can actually change reality in relationships, communities, events and public spaces. Thank u for changing outcomes for the better instead of settling for suffering and caving into chaos. #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #SecurityPhilosopher  #headofsecurity

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ): New Boots; Old Purpose. I promise to #createsafety, step by step, by ur side, within ur comfort zone, to fill civic space around us with a  #collectiveconsciousness of awareness and communicated active concern. As I've done wearing, and wearing out lol other shoes, so shall I do in this pair, for Clients and #likeminded Community alike: Ur Safety is My Happiness! :) #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #SecurityPhilosopher  #headofsecurity

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram): Don't Let #Ideology Empower Negativity. I ask potential #safetycreators to change tactics, not beliefs, to displace negativity in their midst. It's a recognition that sometimes our ideology unintentionally empowers negative trends we don't consciously condone. Concern for root causes; hidden trauma and other motives for negative behavior is admirable. Wedding this concern with managing negativity until it's no longer a norm within a given building  neighborhood or event is also admirable... and achievable. Our ideology should recognize the tipping point where empathy becomes enabling and tip concern toward creating safety and civility. So by all means, don't change ideologies that include concern for inequity and disparity. Just don't include enabling insecurity and despondency as conscious, intentional parts of ur beliefs. #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #SecurityPhilosopher  #headofsecurity

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram  ): More Power to YOU! A minute ago I finished talking to someone first met when I was a property manager collecting rent from him. As we parted company I told him, " More Power to u! " The phrase echoed in my #mind, so much so that it inspired this brief post. As we weave #collectiveconsciousness into changing outcomes for the better, each person needs to believe in his or her own power. Otherwise, the resulting  #likemindedness will resemble like minded mess! Large scale crime, blight and hopelessness are the regrettable result of minds closest to such conditions either accepting a negative stereotype or even worse, imposing one upon themselves by repeatedly doing things whose end result is negative. I said to him, and rhetorically to #likeminds, more power to YOU! The more each of us sees ourselves as forces for good, the safer our spaces, events and institutions become. More Power to YOU! #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #Secu...

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ): The Co chair of the Healing Center's Board surprised me 2nite by asking that I present  my two cents worth to the first meeting this year of her Daring Discussion group. I offered one of my core points always made to #SafetyCreation partners: change ur tactics- not ur beliefs as we collectively create safer public spaces, events and institutions. I made a brief appeal for  discussion and alliances  beyond soundbites of talking heads paid to take partisan bites out of opponents. My idea of #winning isn't my party on top and others on the bottom. Victory to me is grassroots residents, businesses and event organizers displacing negativity by #manifesting #collectiveconsciousness consistently enough that negative people and plans can't prevail, as a necessary new norm! I'm not concerned, except as part of #respectful discourse, how u vote; ur particular isms; faith or lack thereof. My prime concern is creating safety toge...

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram): #IAmSafety Repeat this #affirmation when ur #SafetyCreation #motivation could use some #Super charging. Sometimes we're tired or wonder if our energy output is enough to displace persistent negativity. #Meditating on what #Safety means to us and how to #manifest it is the kind of #winning #selftalk powering this affirmation and state of being it promotes. Each of us is his or her own #headofsecurity and must manage awareness, boundaries and comfort zones regarding negativity within ourselves AND around us. Creating safety isn't the job of buff guys in tight t-shirts;  professionals in suits and  shades nor private contractors in tactical gear- it's OUR job TOO!!! Repeat after me, I am Safety! Guess what, for yourself and those within ur sphere of influence- u ARE the one who can mobilize others far and near to create safer relationships, public spaces and events! U-are-Safety... not spectators! #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #S...

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram): Thumbs UP for #SafetyCreation As a #SecurityPhilosopher I honestly can't think of one good reason to tolerate  bad behavior targeting ourselves, events and institutions. Negativity isn't something we have to accept nor meekly bow down to. Just as some minds and #collectiveconsciousness produce insecurity, there are #likeminds which displace such unwelcome energy. To these like minds dispacing #negativity personally and professionally, I give a thumbs up! Keep resonating! :) #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #headofsecurity

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram): #Reallifesuperhelper Inspired- Not Tired! My definition of #RLSH, which popularly means, #reallifesuperhero. Prompted by real life inspiration @darkguardiansh's recent post to write this, it sums up my take on how to take escapist fiction and make enhanced reality. The #Superhero is our fully realized #self, to whatever degree we can #manifest our #Potential. Dark Guardian does it his way; I do mine and YOU can do it YOUR way TOO! :) THAT'S #selfdevelopment #selfactualization and #selfrealization any of us can experience and I'd add, NEED to experience to displace negativity in around us!!! Please, tell me how you do it? #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #SecurityPhilosopher  #headofsecurity

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ): Displacing Negativity in My Vicinity. I don't practice theories that negative behavior is due to outside forces. Coalition allies address that side of our advocacy quite well. Mine is a different #calling. Prime Example: I don't think an evil villain with a handlebar moustache and a remote control in hand is directing urban crime behind the scenes. Ditto demonic possession ( though my decade on this real life Gotham City of New Orleans leaves me less doubtful ) and the same for telepathic mind control. These explanations doom people into playing the helpless host role with no power over yourselves. Insecurity producers CHOOSE to make others miserable and *newsflash* ENJOY doing so! Their. misapplication of free will isn't tragic- it's trifling, to use an Old School term. While I am a friend and coalition ally with #healers, #mentors and #reformers working to debug institutions, I work alongside them differe...

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ): #ESP ( Everybodys Safety Perception ): Let's sync priorities and perceptions into a #collectiveconsciousness where what one sees or has concern about, others are informed and prioritize it as important too. Everybodys Safety Perception isn't telepathy but is communication which can become instinctive and cause allies to create it in unison as a #groupmind maintaining respectful interactions, spaces and events. Let's use this version of ESP daily. #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #SecurityPhilosopher

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ): #Givingist Day is ONLY ONE MONTH away!!! Recognize a #GreatGiver and become one! :) #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #Givingist Day Organizer #SharingSupply is the fantastic flipside of #CreatingSafety #Giving #altruism #RAK #RAOK #randomactsofkindness  #SecurityPhilosopher

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ): Ur Secret is Safe with Me. Some of u quietly battle the supervillain called #anxiety daily. I won't tell anybody but will offer whatever modest #meditation and information which may help u be at ease within and with others. This ease will strengthen u in all u think and do. It is security in its deepest, healthiest sense and not its conventional definition of protecting people and property. Ur #psyche deserves protecting too Ur emotional security intersects with all other forms of it, so I'll be the second person, after u, to cheer when anxiety is defeated!!! Until then, ur secret is safe with me. :) #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #SecurityPhilosopher

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ): Zero Excuses to Tolerate Negativity. Crime, bullying, bias, favoritism and other forms of negativity are intolerable! There are ZERO excuses for any person or group to inflict misery and loss like it's a perverse divine right. Enablers want us to accept negativity as an immutable part of life and go a step further and actually vilify those who refuse to accept it. If we can create our own reality, let's choose one with ZERO excuses to tolerate negativity and infinite ones to displace it! #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #SecurityPhilosopher

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ):  U are Ur Own Head of Security! Good morning/Good afternoon/Good evening: I'm BIG on #selfdevelopment and #Safety b/c they are my #calling AND I've observed the lengths negative energy goes to interfere with both in striving souls. It is demonic, demotivating and sometimes illegal to violate another person's dignity; try to undermine the fruit of their labor or even violently take or assault them. Negativity runs a spectrum from annoying to menacing. Each of us is our own #headofsecurity if u will and must manage recognizing and responding to attempts that infringe upon ur self development and safety.  Lead yourself; love yourself  through the mean spiritedness and  manipulation attempts of would be overlords. U ARE ur own head of security! #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist  #SecurityPhilosopher

( From UrbanSafetyist on Instagram ): Small theft indicates big lack of respect for others. Each act is a negative ripple eroding quality of life in targeted areas. Petty thieves cumulative impact is disappearing potted plants, holiday decorations, iPhones, laptops, wallets,  purses, bicycles, scooters, cars, and other valuables, including the most precious possession: peace of mind. I join a #collectiveconsciousness of watchful #likeminds preserving #peaceofmind. :) #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist #SecurityPhilosopher

( Originally posted on my UrbanSafetyist Instagram ): I beat the #SafetyCreation drum because when confrontation and loss due to duplicity or direct action comes, most times we face such negativity ALONE! For the everyday person, there is no #executiveprotection agent  or #closeprotection detail to keep assailants and thieves at bay. If u don't have some form of political clout, skeptics say it's doubtful police in understaffed, overstressed departments will rush to ur aid after 911 has been called. Our #consciousness and capabilities, bordered by our comfort zone, shape the safety or lack thereof we create. U are ur own #headofsecurity in so many ways and while it makes sense to hire heads of #Security to take the lead, it also makes sense to make sure how u secure yourself, by yourself, is headed in the right direction. Everyday people Protection is what we must do, first for ourselves, then beside #likeminds while #bodyguards do it and do it well for di...

The above caption is my simple equation for changing personal and property safety outcomes for the better in dynamic communities. I'm all for security alarm  systems, private security, hiring off duty law enforcement and more on duty police presence but also support engaging the public, our largest resource, in the process too. We easily outnumber all of the above and by default are better positioned to observe matters needing attention. As we start a new year at work and play, let's be extra aware of our surroundings and willing to share concerns which may help ourselves and others. Several major holidays are on the horizon and with them come upticks in negative behavior. We are often all we have to count on in situations until relieved by the authorities! Let's leverage that fact to our advantage. I'm beside you, figuratively and literally. Take care of each other. :) #CapBlackUrbanSafetyist