[PVCMike]

Thanks for this great reminder. Many teams are coming from rural or suburban areas where the typical sorts of urban crime are non-existent. With St. Louis definitely being above average in petty theft (and dangerous crimes) this is a good reminder that team's should be talking to their students about proper safety procedures and typical city-living practices like not leaving anything in your car, covered or not.

I would highly recommend teams, especially those from rural/suburban areas, hold a safety meeting to discuss these things. It may be unnecessary, but if it educates one member of your team and keeps them from losing something to theft, or saves them from a dangerous situation you've done something good. I'll be putting together out team's "Urban-Safety" briefing in the next few days and would be willing to share the bullet points here if anyone is interested.