When I first moved to Tacoma several years ago, a colleague from my small community college in Walla Walla told me that I should be careful of violent crime because Tacoma was such a dangerous place. Of course, I knew that a greater population meant that there was more likely to be more crime than the much smaller city of Walla Walla, but I also knew that I\u00a0could protect myself by following a few simple rules.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0National\u00a0Crime Prevention Council provides a list of rules <\/a>that adults should follow to protect themselves from violent crime.<\/p>\n It’s also important to know that violent crime in the United States has actually decreased in the past few years. The NCPC provides more information <\/a>about that as well.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\t\t\t Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t