What to Do When You Spot Violent Crime

Step by Step Formula

 * Find a safe place where you can watch the situation and call 911 without being noticed.
 * Call 911 and report the crime immediately
 * Take note of any information you could use to identify the criminal and/or the victim.
 * Try to warn citizens who are unknowingly about to walk into the already progressing dangerous situation from going in that direction in order to prevent the situation from escalating.
 * Look at everything, see how dangerous the situation is, measure the danger against your own training and experience.
 * If you feel like you can diffuse the situation and that it is safe enough for you to approach, try to as quickly as possible get yourself and any citizens in danger out of harm's way.