MILFORD >> When someone comes knocking on your door, don’t just open it, warns Angela DeLeon, community relations specialist for People’s United Bank in Bridgeport.
“Unless you know who’s behind the door,” DeLeon said Wednesday.
People’s, the Police Department and the Westfield Connecticut Post mall are joining forces for a crime-fighting fashion show next week.
It is aimed at educating the public about the good and bad guys in their neighborhoods.
“Awareness is key,” DeLeon said. “We arm people with the weapon of awareness.”
More than a dozen municipal and private-sector “nonmodels” will show their uniforms and identification from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 25 at the mall, 1201 Boston Post Road, Level 1 near Macy’s.
These people are the real deal, including representatives of animal control, an oil company, a water company, a caregiver group, a delivery company, and the city Fire, Police and Public Works departments.
The awareness program aims at all ages, as anyone can be a target, Officer Joseph R. Dempsey of the Milford Police Department Crime Prevention Office said Wednesday.
Youths home for the summer could also could be victims.
“We realize there are a lot of children at home in the summer,” DeLeon said.
The bank has been working to prevent crime for years, DeLeon said. It created a “master’s program” for seniors, and offers “safe teas,” along with purse patrols in grocery stores.
“We’ve been doing the uniform fashion show for years,” DeLeon said.
Dempsey said People’s Bank contacted the Police Department, wanting to bring back the fashion program; it last was offered here in 2009, he said. Click here to continue reading and to view safety tips.
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