Crime Prevention Committee

This committee shall investigate and study all conditions and situations that induce and encourage crime, develop antisocial attitudes, foster civil disturbances, and contribute to juvenile delinquency generally; consider, evaluate, and determine to what extent crime prevention may be accomplished by action of the community as a whole and by the police particularly; develop techniques and methods for the interchange of information and ideas relating to crime prevention between police agencies; and, report to this Association for dissemination to all police agencies all pertinent information and recommendations relating to practical crime prevention programs and legislation that will assist them in establishing effective programs within their jurisdictions.

Images for Community Safety:

The Crime Prevention Committee announces the completion of the crime prevention awareness campaign. This campaign features three sets (one each in English, French and Spanish) of four different posters designed to serve as reminders that crime prevention is everyone’s business. Two of the posters deal with property crime, and the other two address crimes against persons. These images are designed to raise awareness among police chiefs for the need to encourage police-community collaborative efforts focused on crime prevention; to assist them in integrating the concept of community safety into the law enforcement culture; and to motivate people to change their behavior and take preventative and precautionary action. The end purposes of the images are to reduce victimization, heighten awareness, increase community participation, integrate crime prevention into all police services, enhance local and national crime prevention movements and inculcate crime prevention as a daily habit.

The artwork on the posters can be used on postcards, billboards, bus placards, baseball cards, and other public-awareness business tools. Additional uses include media relations tools and crime prevention literature. The images have been sent to IACP member chiefs on CD. An agency can add their logo on these images. See the images below:

For those agencies with proactive crime prevention programs in place, the images can be a powerful part of community partnerships. They provide an excellent community relations function by eliciting public support. Additionally, they can serve to foster cooperative efforts between the community and law enforcement.

The Crime Prevention Committee wishes to thank the IACP Foundation for funding the distribution of these CDs to the membership. For further information on how to obtain these images for use in your community, please write to Elizabeth Currier.

Innovative Crime Prevention Programs:

The Crime Prevention Committee is interested in innovative crime prevention programs your agency is running. Submissions will be featured in Police Chief magazine, and will promoted on the Crime Prevention Committee page of the IACP web site. Please send an outline or narrative of your program to Elizabeth Currier, and include contact information for follow-up.

Additional Resources:

One great way to get involved in crime prevention activities, and stay updated on developments is to join the Crime Prevention Coalition of America (CPCA). This nonpartisan group of more than 350 national, state, federal, and community-based organizations promotes and works towards citizen action to prevent crime. Established in 1980, its members include youth development organizations, municipalities, law enforcement agencies, federal and state government representatives, state crime prevention associations, and community-based groups. The IACP is a member of the Executive Committee of the CPCA.

Just like the IACP’s Crime Prevention Committee, the CPCA believes that preventing crime is everyone’s business and is linked with solving social problems. Crime prevention has been shown to be cost-effective and is definitely a responsibility of all levels and agencies of government and all citizens.

For more information about how you can join the coalition, please visit http://www.ncpc.org/CPCA/.

New York State Best Practices in School Safety: This document addresses potential security concerns and provides an overview of best practice strategies and methodologies that have been implemented with successful results. Additionally provided in this document are suggested courses of action that may be individually implemented.

http://www.theiacp.org/research/NYSBestPracticesSchoolSafety.pdf

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Strategic Plan

For more information, contact Elizabeth Currier, staff liaison, 1-800-THE-IACP Ext. 390.