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The Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce is focused on regularly surveying and engaging our members to track trends, identify advocacy initiatives, and promote activity that matters most to the business community. 

The role of the Greater Tallahassee Chamber's Business Advocacy Committee (BAC) is to identify major issues facing our business community and engage in meaningful advocacy efforts. Based on concerns raised by our members, violent crime and its impact on local business, is one of the issues the Chamber Board and BAC are investigating. 
 
Violent crime is composed of four offenses and involves force or threat of force: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. The Chamber recognizes this is a complex issue that transcends the tapestry of community, socioeconomic, demographic, geographic, and other factors. We care about the safety of every individual in our community and will continue to work with law enforcement, government leaders, and community partners as we examine this issue, analyze data and trends, and receive input from our members.
 
At this time, the Chamber is in the research stage of gathering and analyzing information. Based on the research, further determinations will be made on the next steps. 
  
Please take a moment to complete the following survey. The 16-question survey is anonymous and will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Survey responses are due by November 21 at 5 p.m. Thank you for your feedback.
1.Where is your business located?(Required.)
2.How many employees do you employ?(Required.)
3.In the past three years would you say the level of crime in Tallahassee and Leon County has increased, stayed about the same, or decreased?(Required.)
4.Do you believe Tallahassee/Leon County needs less law enforcement patrols, about the same number of patrols, or more patrols in the community at any given time?(Required.)
5.Do you believe Tallahassee/Leon County needs more technology to fight crime?(Required.)
6.Would you be interested in learning about how you can connect your surveillance cameras (or other technology) to law enforcement for added monitoring? 
7.Do you believe the Leon County Crime Rate is impacted by residents living in surrounding Big Bend counties that commit crimes in Leon County?(Required.)
8.Has crime negatively impacted your business, business practices or employees?(Required.)
9.If yes, please indicate how your business has been impacted (check all the apply)
10.Have your employees or customers felt concerned about their safety in the vicinity of your business or nearby parking areas this year?(Required.)
11.Have you taken any specific measures and/or financial expenditures (security system, fencing, cameras, etc.) in the past year to deter criminal behavior?(Required.)
12.What do you feel could be done to decrease violent crime in our community? Please include any solutions, programs or actions you think should be taken to address the issue.
13.Is there anything else you would like to share related to crime in our community?
14.Thinking holistically about the community, the final three questions are general in nature.

In your opinion, is Tallahassee headed in the: (Required.)
15.What do you think our community needs most to create more economic opportunity?
16.In your opinion, what is the number one thing hindering our community as we look to advance?
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