Updated 06/09
Crime Prevention Programs
Contents
Program Examples
Many of the programs listed below use volunteers to carry out the programs.
- General
- Chelan County Crime Prevention
- Edmonds Crime Prevention Program
- Federal Way Crime Prevention
- Kent Community Education Unit
- Seattle Police Safety and Prevention
- Working with Business and Downtown Associations
- Business Alliance: Planning for Business and Community Partnerships (
24 KB), Bureau of Justice Assistance Fact Sheet, U.S. Department of Justice, Nov 1995.
- Kent Business Watch ( 64 KB)
- Kennewick Police Department Crime Prevention - Includes business and construction watch
- Business Alliance: Planning for Business and Community Partnerships (
- Citizen Volunteers see also individual topics
- Anacortes Police - Citizens Auxiliary Patrol
- Bellingham - Police Senior Volunteer Program
- Kenmore Police Volunteers
- Mount Vernon Citizens on Proactive Patrol (COPP)
- Ocean Shores - Police Volunteers
- Whatcom County Sheriff Community Volunteers
- Housing
- Bellingham Crime Free Rental Housing
- Tacoma Crime Free Housing Program
- Tukwila Crime-Free Multi-Housing Program
- Walla Walla Crime Free Rental Housing
- Neighborhoods
- National Neighborhood Watch Program - National Sheriffs' Association
- National Night Out - National Town Watch Association
- National Night Out: Building Police and Community Partnerships to Prevent Crime (
1.33 MB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Bulletin From the Field, 2000
- National Night Out: Building Police and Community Partnerships to Prevent Crime (
- Neighborhood Crime Prevention and Safety - Solutions for America - Operated by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change
- Special Programs
- Watch Your House Service
- Watch Your Car Program (665 KB) - National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Bureau of Justice Fact Sheet FS 000261, April 2000
- Safe House Program (McGruff) - Spokane C.O.P.S. Program
- Surveillance Cameras, Video Cameras
- Long Lens of the Law: Do Police Cameras Reduce Crime? It Depends on How Cities Use Them, by John Buntin, Governing, May 2009
- Colville Video Surveillance Policy ( 43 KB), 5-09
- Kent Video Camera Information ( 120 KB)
- Port Angeles Resolution 23-08 ( 423 KB) - Video Surveillance Policy, 12-08
- Traffic and Parking
- Disabled Parking Enforcement - Kent
- Curb Racing Achieve Safer Highways (CRASH) - Kent
- Speed Monitoring Awareness - Renton
- Youth Crime Prevention Programs - MRSC
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
- Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design and Community Policing ( 18 KB) - National Criminal Justice Reference Service, NIJ Research in Action, US Department of Justice, August 1996.
- The Expanding Role of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design in Premises Liability ( 27 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, by Corey L. Gordon and William Brill, NIJ Research in Brief, US Department of Justice. April 1996.
- Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design in Parking Facilities ( 49 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, by Mary A. Smith, NIJ Research in Brief, US Department of Justice. April 1996.
- Selected MRSC Library Holdings - Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) - Clicking on this link will take you to a list of documents available on loan through the MRSC library.
- Local Government Information
- Federal Way - CPTED Checklist Instructions
- Spokane C.O.P.S Program - Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
- Seattle Police Department - Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Information Resources
- Crime Prevention - Center for Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement, Bureau of Justice Assistance,
- Crime Prevention Topics - National Criminal Justice Reference Service
- Crime Prevention: Are We Missing the Mark? By Chief Julian Fantino, Chief of Police, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Police Chief, March 2004
- Crime Prevention Resources - Corporation for National Community Service
- National Crime Prevention Council