Tag: safety patrol

  • Negotiation lessons from the safety patrol

    I recently volunteered to serve as safety patrolman for my neighborhood. In essence, this involved trolling around the neighborhood at night, making sure no one (i.e., no teenager) was breaking community rules (e.g., loitering at the community beach) or even breaking the law (e.g., defacing said beach). Since my duties tended to bring the community’s…