i'm valerie brown with the lower hate neighborhood organization. we are here today at the neighborhood empowerment network to talk about safety on your streets. this actual workshop is what we call a 30,000 feet aerial view of what we do. the lower haight motd we created a few models for safety and some are complex and a lot of information. we are going to give you just a little bit of this today. we will talk about how to connect with the different city agencies, your supervisors, your captain at our station. the city attorney's office and beat officers or street officers. one of the things that i would like toit introduce the panel. captain from northern station. regina from the legislative aid of ross mirkarimi one of our supervisors. from the da's office. the president of our merchant's association of the lower haight. ron, a beat officer and antoine another beat officer. the city attorney was at our morning session this morning and had to leave. regina and i work with the city attorneys office and will talk about that today in the lower haight

kyle and valerie brown from south carolina just started their european tour. >> we're more aware of pickpockets than terrorists. terrorists, you just -- what do they look like, what do you do? >> reporter: they say the alert has made them more away of their surroundings. >> there are threats every day everywhere we go and we have to be conscientious of what we're doing. >> reporter: security experts recommend simple steps. >> if i were coming down here today and i was going to the london eye and i was with my family, what sort of advice would you give us? >> this is very, very common sense with what's going on. the security forces and the police around here have it under control. >> reporter: around london today, there were no visible increases in security and few signs that tourists were deterred. this couple from ohio brought their teenage daughter grace here for the first time and have no desire to cut the trip short. >> if we are worried and don't go places because of warnings, then we will miss a lot of wonderful things. >> and they win. >> yeah. >> the terrorists win. >> reporter: there's