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TYPICAL TRIAD ACTIVITIES WHAT TRIADS DO . Survey the needs and concerns of mature res- idents of each community.(in all TRIAD ar- eas) . Work with nursing homes as in Louisiana. . Provide large, legible numbers for emergency services to the elderly, as in Florida. . . Conduct golf cart patrol of parking lots as a crime deterrent and to provide assistance to senior shoppers, as in Louisiana and Ohio. . Recruit volunteers to assist within law en- forcement agencies(in most states) . Sponsor sensitivity training in elder issues for law enforcement and business leaders. . Promote Gatekeepers programs to support elderly persons living on their own as in Florida and Washington. . Refurbish stuffed animals for law enforce- ment officers to give to children who have been victims of or witnesses to crime as in Connecticut and Maryland. . Promote Senior Crime Stoppers in nursing homes. . Develop and implement comprehensive scam prevention programs. . Work with at-risk youth as in Florida (fish for success) and in Connecticut (Spices of Life). . Arrange senior safe shopping as in Connecti- cut. . Sponsor Senior Safe Walks as in New Jer- sey,New Mexico and Connecticut. . Assist with Cit~n Police Academies as in Texas, Michigan, New Jersey, Georgia. . Plan drug education days to review prescrip- tion and non-prescription medications for se- niors. . Provide warning decals for telephones and doors,reminding seniors about fraudulent telephone and door to door solicitations. Walter Neumann Triad Liaison 784-2501 Or 429-0001 ChiefVanbukleo 784-2501 TRIAD IS FOR OVER IfJ.l4TY USE IT SENIOR CRIME PREVENTION "TIP OF THE DAY" FANNY PACKS FOR SENIOR SHOPPERS Following 26 incidents in which purses were stolen from older women, The Wheat Ridge, Col- orado, Police Department hit upon a strategy to deter further thefts. Fanny packs are offered to women over the age of60. The alternative to bulky purses will be free - but only after the women have taken part in a personal safety class taught by police officers. Crime prevention education, as well as a safer way to carry money, will be offered at senior cen- ters and retirement homes. Detective Dave Goracke, who devised the plan to combat purse theft, can be reached at the Wheat Ridge Police Department, 7500 W. 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, 80215 or (303) 237- 2220. OLDER DRIVER FACTS => Older drivers tend to drive on city streets where the collision rate is 7 times higher than on interstates. => The most common type of crashes older driven are involved in include: left turns at a traffic light; failure to yield the right of way; and failure to stop at a stop sign! => According to the American Medical Asso- ciation, the eye's reaction time slows as a person ages. A 52 year old takes a fuD sec- ond longer than a 20 year old to switch fo- cus from the instrument panel to the road. 2 ~,~' '''~I . 0 ." ."" 0 ~.