Many of us have resolved to improve our lives this new year by spending more time with family, being thankful for our blessings, adopting an exercise regimen and practicing patience with co-workers. Resolutions can be life changing especially for those of us who have a plan and stick to it. The feeling of accomplishment and self gratification are immeasurable. I wonder though,...

Hurricane Katrina transformed our home town of Baton Rouge (BR), Louisiana; almost overnight the population in Baton Rouge nearly doubled. The sharp increase in the population combined with our economic problems has helped to create an exceedingly dangerous environment in Baton Rouge. High rates of unemployment, drug abuse and gang activity have contributed to the 75 murders recorded in BR during 2009,...

Tommorrow, a convicted sexual predator and murderer is scheduled to meet his maker. Gerald J. Bordelon will die Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 6pm central time at Angola Maximum Security Prison in Louisiana, by lethal injection. Bordelon admitted to kidnapping his then 12 year old step daughter, forcing her to perform oral sex and then strangling her to death. He was convicted...

The largest population of citizens in the United States belongs to the elderly. Over 35 million elderly citizens exist in the society we live in and the fastest growing subgroup are those aged 75 and older. Unfortunately, our elderly are becoming more and more targeted by criminals. Most elderly individuals are attractive targets for criminals. Most are vulnerable physically, psychologically and financially....

How many of you have spent time in a hospital or nursing home recently? Many of you work in the health care industry, others visit friends or family who are sick, and some of us are sick or undergoing routine procedures. Hospitals and nursing homes are becoming more and more crowded and the personal security of patients, visitors and workers should be...

You better bar the doors and take cover if you live in one of these cities. Simply put your chances of being the victim of violent crime are much more likely if you live in certain cities. After all this is 2009's most dangerous cities. Last year my home town of New Orleans took home the covenanted prize as the number one...