The recent past has witnessed a significant increase in the rates of insecurity and violence across different global societies. In response to this, communities have adopted different strategies that aim at preventing the losses brought by the violence and enhance social security. One often used strategy has been investing in investigations and police patrols in efforts to curb the effects associated with violence. However, the strategies have been futile because there has been an increase in the violence rates irrespective of the strategies adopted. As such, it has led to a shift in the focus of the strategies adopted in response from patrol and investigations to the development of crime prevention programs. The investigation programs aim at promoting cooperation between the necessary stakeholders and adoption of proactive approaches to respond effectively to the increasing rates of crime (Texas, 2014). Therefore, this essay discusses the different personal and professional ways that I can employ as a Commissioned Security Officer to prevent violence. As a qualified Commissioned Security Officer, preventing violent crimes in the communities will begin by focusing on the need for strengthening the provision of community education programs aiming at awareness creation. Prevention of crimes in the community begins with the establishment of programs that aim at making them aware of the conditions that make them victims of violent crimes. Educating the community members entails providing them vital information related with a crime such as the pattern of crimes, prevalence, predisposing factors, and strategies applicable for its prevention. Gilligan (2001) states that educating the members of the community on the fundamentals of crime prevention. It entails educating them on minimizing opportunities that predispose them to violent crimes such as walking alone late at night, exposing their money in the public and walking in-group at night hours. As such, creating awareness among the community members helps in minimizing the rates of violent crimes and associated effects. Involving the community in the establishment of projects that aim at reducing the rates of crime contributes to the prevention and reduction of violent crime rates. Community involvement encourages community empowerment and sustainability of the projects adopted to reduce crime rates hence, providing long-term prevention of violent crimes in the community. Apart from this, activities such as celebrating with the community the accomplishments realized after the implementation of a security program proves effective in preventing the rates of violent crimes in the society. US (2001) recognize that celebrating the accomplishments of the community in the planning, implementation and evaluation of the planned project revitalizes and or promote the development of activities that build the pride of the community. Such events results to the sustainability of the communities in relation to the adopted program. As a Commissioned Security Officer, seeking citizen volunteers can be used to prevent the increasing rates of violent in the community. In this case, some members of the society are trained on issues related with security and manned with the responsibility of reporting any suspicious activity that might suggest violent crime to the security bodies. The trained community members also provide the society with uniformed presence in places where the police or other security personnel are not deployed. The approach is applicable to areas characterized by understaffed security personnel. Aside from heightening the security of the community i