#NoMoCrime Event Delivers Vital Information to Concerned Modestans
Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christiansen listens to a concerned citizen at the latest #NoMoCrime event
On March 8th, Modesto6.com & the Modesto Police Department presented the 4th #NoMoCrime event was held at TooTall's Donuts & Cafe. This event was special, because it was at the same time large and small. It represented very differnt groups of people, yet people bound by a common desire to create a safer Modesto. The 20+ people who showed up comprised small business owners, experts who can help those business owners, concerned neighbors, and those who have been victims of crime. Along with these people, both the Modesto Chief of Police Michael Harden and the Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christiansen attended the event. READ MORE
The different guests offered perspectives on what works and what doesn't. The group was small enough so that we could interact easily back and forth, but there were plenty of people who could provide a wide array of perspectives; stories of crime victimization, and stories of crime prevention.
Modesto-based State Farm Agent Pam Palombi discussed how crucial it is for a business to make use of best practices in protecting their business. Leaving your cash drawer out to be seen from outside the business as well as making the locations of surveilance cameras obvious are ways to deter criminals from even coming in to your business when you aren't there.
Pam Palombi talks about safeguarding small business at the latest #NoMoCrime event
Chief Harden discussed making your business a hard target, and communicating with the other businesses in their neighborhood to share information about criminal activity. Sheriff Christiansen spoke about how being vigilant can mean everything. Keeping a watchful eye may seem easy to do, but maintaining vigilence can be very difficult to do while tring to keep a small business profitable. Licensed therapist Miranda Palmer talked about the various feelings that can be at times can work against you in tense situations. She talked about feeling hurt and angry is natural, but that controlling those feelings is vital. The experts and information that are available in our neighborhoods is staggering.
Modesto Police Chief Michael Harden & licensed therapist Miranda Palmer discuss crime issues at the latest #NoMoCrime event
There are many people like Miranda and Pam in every community, yet we must make the choice to take that one important step to connect. To that end, we will be holding weekly chats to help our community connect with Pam, Mranda, and many other people who can help us make Modesto a safer community. 
We hope you can make it a priority to attend one of these weekly online chats, and take the first step to being involved personally in making Modesto the best it can be.