In Botswana the idea began well around 1984 when the then Botswana Police Force recognized that measures to reduce crime and the resultant fear thereof could not be left to the police and the criminal justice system only.
Mo Botswana motlhale o, o simologile ka 1984 fa ba sepodise ba lemoga fa go fokotsa borukutlhi go sa ikaega ka sepodise le ba melao fela.