Personal Emergency Response Systems – One year later
Readers may recall around a year ago I used an analogy of a 1970’s James Bond movie to describe the introduction of Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) into the Algarve
Portugal without fires
Now that we are virtually into the summer period and the weather has become much hotter, it is a good time to remind ourselves of the measures to prevent fires
Vehicle crime prevention
For crime prevention to be successful it has to be relevant, timely and well focused. There would be little point, for instance, in writing about the theft of snow shoes
From Revolution to Evolution
April 25, 1974 || Overview of policing before and after the Revolution About a month ago I visited the GNR station in Portimão and saw a group of school children
Don’t be easy pickings
This article has been inspired by a gentleman from the UK who was on holiday here in Portugal only to find, the day before leaving, money was stolen from him
GNR Safe Residence Programme leads the way in community policing
It seems just a moment ago that I was writing about the then newly-launched GNR Programa Residência Segura (Safe Residence Programme), or SRP as it is commonly known. In fact,
A gift for cyber criminals
For many computer gamers, Christmas 2013 was the highlight of the year when they unwrapped their eagerly awaited new PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, joining some four million others who
Twelve days of Christmas crime prevention campaign
Yes, it’s Christmas again and to do our part Associação Safe Communities Algarve (SCA) is launching a ‘Twelve Days of Christmas Crime Prevention Campaign’, which will extend from the Christmas
How to avoid holiday villa letting scams
Imagine having saved hard throughout the year for your Algarve holiday only to arrive at the destination to find the villa you rented does not exist. This is what happened
Cybercrime – identifying the threat
To many people crime prevention is about securing your home by installing alarms, gates and window bars. Although still important, there is now a more sinister type of crime threat