public safety
Civic harm prevention
Public safety refers to the protection of the general population from threats, harm, and danger—crime, accidents, disasters, and emergencies.
The term often appears in government contexts: public safety officials, public safety announcements, departments of public safety.
The bridge was closed for public safety reasons.
Public safety concerns can justify restrictions on individual liberty.
- policeCivil law enforcement
- community policingPartnership-based crime prevention
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- firefightingCombating and quelling flames
- paramedicsEmergency medical technicians
surveillance · evacuation planning · crime prevention · amber alert · missing persons · flood defenses · law enforcement · crisis management · civil defense · sanitation systems · first responders · emergency response · smoke detector · fire drill · mutual aid · 911 · disaster relief · badge
- city regulationsnoise ordinance, noise ordinances, building regulations, housing codes, health codes
- government functionslaw enforcement, national defense, tax collection, judiciary, foreign affairs
- municipal jobsmunicipal workers, civil servants, city staff, firefighters, police officers
- police powerpolice authority, police discretion, police conduct, police accountability, police oversight
- public regulationscivic codes, noise ordinances, loitering laws, curfews, community standards
- city lifecity, urban life, traffic noise, downtown, metropolis
public safetyendangerment
Causing risk of harm
public health crisis · epidemic · catastrophe · disaster · terrorism
public safetyprivate security
Civilian protective workforce
personal security · self-defense · corporate security · vigilantism
public safetycivil unrest
Public disturbance by citizens
lawlessness · anarchy · disorder · rioting · mob violence