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DATE: August 1, 1981
TO:
FROM:
Frank Aleshire, City Manager j~'
Vincent D. Jimno, Chief of Police/!Pp
CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM -STATUS REPORT
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The following is a summary of the activities and progress of the Carlsbad Crime
Prevention Program for the past year. The program was authorized by Council to
be established during 1980-81 fiscal year. Actual implementation occurred during
October, 1980. Officer Paul Childers was assigned to develop the overall program
and begin implementing each component.
The months of October and November were spent studying successful programs in
other cities and designing the current program. In December, public appearances,
Officer Friendly, Neighborhood Watch and home safety inspection elements were be-
gun. The real productive period, however, has occurred from December ·1, 1980,
to the present.
The program elements that are now operational include:
0 Neighborhood Watch
0 Operation Identification
0 Home security inspections
o Business Security Program
0 Business Liaison Program
o Public programs of timely nature
(includes "Lady Beware" and 11 Check Fraud")
The elements described above accounted for 29 Neighborhood Watch programs pre-
sented in individual homes that involved approximately 385 homes. Officer Childers
conducted 34 residential and commercial security inspections. Contact has been
made with the local Welcome Wagon Hostess (Jane Sevitz) who routinely picks up
and distributes handout information regarding home security to new residents to
Carlsbad.
Media coverage for the Crime Prevention Progr,m has been consistent and succuss-
ful. Routine periodic news articles about crime prevention programs have1 ,been
published in both the Carlsbad Journal and the Blade-Tribune newspapers. Several
radio talkshov•interviews have been successfully completed. Another area of ef-
fort that has proven to be successful and wide reaching has been crime preven-
tion articles published in the TV Facts Television Guide, distributed through
local supermarkets.
Although not origin~lly designed to be part of the Crime Prevention Program, the
Crime Prevention Officer has also been assisting Juvenile Officers in an "image
softening" program for fourth and fifth grade level students. This program is
intended to show the students that the police officer is a resource to count on
for assistance and that we need their support to keep crime among the youth down.
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Crime Prevention Program -Status Report
A final benefit to report is the effective ut~lization of the ARJIS System by the
Crime Prevention Officer. He is able to prepare for Neighborhood Watch meetings
with the latest burglary information in his hands with little time wasted gather-
ing the data. ~e is able to answer questions by citizens about how many, what
types, types of losses and the many other questions we hear.
The Crime Prevention Program is proceeding in a positive and productive ~anner.
The next six months is expected to be just as active and successful.
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