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Topics To Be Discussed. Crimes as they pertain to businesses CPTED (crime prevention through environmental design) Safety For Your Employees Authority To ActBan List for unauthorized persons Crime Free Leases Crime Watch Program for businesses and apartments Utilizing on site security thro
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1. CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG POLICE Crime Prevention Seminar
2. Topics To Be Discussed Crimes as they pertain to businesses
CPTED (crime prevention through environmental design)
Safety For Your Employees
Authority To Act
Ban List for unauthorized persons
Crime Free Leases
Crime Watch Program for businesses and apartments
Utilizing on site security through private company or CMPD off duty personal
Crime Mapping through CMPD website
3. Common Business Crimes Larceny from Auto
Larceny of Auto
Robbery from business
Till tap from cash register
Breaking and Entering
Larceny by Employee
Domestic Violence
Industry Espionage
Fraud cases involving stolen credit cards
Thefts of merchandise from stores
4. Larceny from/Larceny of Auto SECURE YOUR VALUABLES
REMOVE PACKAGES AND CELL PHONES FROM YOUR VEHICLE
HIDE EXPENSIVE STEREO SYSTEMS
REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
OUT OF SIGHT IS OUT OF MIND
DO NOT HIDE A SPARE KEY
USE THEFT PREVENTION DEVICES IE. “THE CLUB”
LOCK YOUR DOORS AND ROLL UP THE WINDOWS
TAKE YOUR KEYS WITH YOU
NEVER LEAVE YOUR CAR RUNNING AND UNATTENDED
6. Now You See It…Now You Don’t
7. Prototype Theft Deterrent System
9. ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE THEFT PREVENTION
10. Robbery Prevention Make sure that visibility into your business is unobstructed by signs and displays
Use low display counters to keep lines of sight throughout the business
Set up a central cashier area from which all sections can be viewed
Test all alarms on a regular basis to make sure they work
Ensure there is adequate lighting both inside and outside
Call the police when you observe any suspicious persons
Encourage co-workers to follow safety and prevention tips
11. Robbery Prevention (cont.) Keep small amounts of cash on hand
Post signs on large bills policy and safe access policy
Keep emergency phone numbers posted beside the phone
When customers enter greet them courteously, make eye contact
Don’t establish a routine time or route of travel when making bank deposits
Keep rear doors locked
Inspect restrooms and other area before closing time, stay alert while opening and closing
Make sure that cameras are always in good working condition
Make sure that employees know how to use the panic alarm Button for hold ups .
Know your staff and have regular on site security meetings with your community officers .
12. Breaking and Entering Carefully screen employees before hiring
Watch for anyone suspicious loitering nearby
Maintain an updated alarm contact list
Install adequate lighting inside and out
Remove any potential roof access
Maintain an adequate key control system
Keep a minimum amount of money on hand
Remove potential projectiles from doors and windows
Encourage renters to have rental insurance
Make sure that all alarms are activated at closing each night
13. Larceny by Employee/Employee Theft Screen employees before hiring
http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/MCSO/Home.htm
Install a camera system in sensitive areas
Supervision
Let your employees know what you expect from them at the first interview
Address all employee concerns quickly and in a private setting
14. Domestic Violence/Industry Espionage Domestic Violence
- Maintain adequate business access control
- Refer employees to appropriate help agencies
Police (911)
Shelter for Battered women (704-332-2513)
Magistrate (704-347-7844)
Legal Services of Southern Piedmont (704-376-1600) Industry Espionage
-Think before talking about job details in public place
-Know who is on the other line before giving out sensitive company information
-Garbage control/Paper shredding
-Protect identification and access badges
-Control access to administrative documents
15. CRIME TRIANGLE REMOVING ANY ONE SIDE OF THIS TRIANGLE WILL PREVENT THE NEXT CRIME
16. REPORTSUSPICIOUSACTIVITY!!!!CALL 911
17. WHAT IS SUSPICIOUS? PERSONS LOITERING, WITHOUT APPARENT PURPOSE
IE. PEEPING INTO CAR WINDOWS
PERSONS THAT ARE TRYING TO HIDE THEIR IDENTITY
OCCUPIED / PARKED VEHICLES AT UNUSUAL HOURS OR LOCATION
SLOW MOVING VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY WITH LIGHTS OFF
18. 311 Vs 911 911 is used for all calls that require police officer presence such as a call for breaking and entering and robberies . Officers respond to auto thefts , domestic violence and incidents of assaults.
311 is used for reports of code violations , and reports that don’t require an officers presence such as a report of a larceny from auto .
You may also make reports on line using the www.cmpd.org website . These are reports of damage to property , harassing calls and other minor incidents .
19. OVERVIEW USE COMMON SENSE
THINK LIKE THE PERPETRATOR
PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR BUSINESS
BE A GOOD WITNESS BY REMEMBERING DETAILS
IF IT DOESN’T SEEM RIGHT IT PROBABLY ISN’T… DIAL 911 !!!!!
20. CPTED Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
21. Making Simple Changes to Address Major Issues The Four Strategies of CPTED
1. Natural Surveillance - A design concept directed primarily at keeping intruders easily observable. Promoted by features that maximize visibility of people, parking areas and building entrances: doors and windows that look out on to streets and parking areas; pedestrian-friendly sidewalks and streets; front porches; adequate nighttime lighting. 2. Territorial Reinforcement - Physical design can create or extend a sphere of influence. Users then develop a sense of territorial control while potential offenders, perceiving this control, are discouraged. Promoted by features that define property lines and distinguish private spaces from public spaces using landscape plantings, pavement designs, gateway treatments, and "CPTED" fences. 3. Natural Access Control - A design concept directed primarily at decreasing crime opportunity by denying access to crime targets and creating in offenders a perception of risk. Gained by designing streets, sidewalks, building entrances and neighborhood gateways to clearly indicate public routes and discouraging access to private areas with structural elements. 4. Target Hardening - Accomplished by features that prohibit entry or access: window locks, dead bolts for doors, interior door hinges. Presented along with each of these CPTED strategies are guidelines which, as a homeowner, builder or remodeler, you can apply to reduce the fear and in and incidence of crime and improve the quality of life.
23. Good Practice of maintaining your own property
24. Final Comments Banning unwanted persons from your property
CMPD works with property managers and leasing agents to ban suspects that commit criminal activity on private property . Once that person is banned he or she is prohibited from returning to your complex and may be arrested for this violation.
25. Authority To Act As Agent CMPD with the assistance of the police attorney have formed through out the Charlotte Mecklenburg region a partnership with businesses to act as agents after normal business hrs. This allows officers to zone check the business to ensure that no one trespassing and comments crimes on the property
26. Form that must be notarized
27. Safety and Crime Prevention is Everyone’s Responsibility Take Part in your own Crime Watch Program at home and work
Get to know your neighbors .
Practice safe habits such as removing valuables from your auto at all times
Use the alarm system at your residence and work location
Don’t look the other way when you see a crime take place , take the time to call 911
Maintain your property by making sure that all lights work and the camera system works at all times.
Use Crime Free Leasing as a routine practice for all tenants
28. Crime Mapping Everything that you wanted to know but were afraid to ask!
29. Questions?