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Overview of Safe Communities Madeira
Safe Communities Madeira (SCM) is an operating name of Associação SCP Safe Communities Portugal (SCP), the country’s only registered national non-profit association providing a “one stop shop” of crime prevention information available to all members of the community.
SCM would like to thank the PSP, GNR, Judicial Police, SEF and the Civil Protection Authority in Madeira for their collaboration in providing input to the pages on this website.
The aim of SCM is to promote safer communities, enhance security awareness and reduce the risk of becoming a victim of crime. It also works closely with the Civil Protection Authority to promote public safety especially in respect of forest fires. It does this through a number of specific objectives covering police/public engagement; communication and awareness; as well as public support in the fight against crime.
For residents living in, or persons visiting Madeira, and certain districts in Portugal, SCP has created specific “safe communities”, detailing the services it provides in those areas. The first of these was the Algarve, the second is Lisbon and the third Madeira.
Their website is an excellent resource and I recommend bookmarking it for future reference.