CHARLOTTEMECKLENBURG
POLICE
Crime Prevention Seminar
Topics To Be Discussed
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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
Common Business Crimes
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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
Larceny from/Larceny of Auto
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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
NOW THE THIEF CAN GET IN YOUR
GARAGE OR HOUSE
THIS GUY WAS THINKING
WHAT WAS SHE THINKING??
THIS OWNER JUST FILLED UP HIS
TAHOE FOR THE THIEF TO DRIVE
FOR A WEEK!!!!
Now You See It…Now You Don’t
Prototype Theft Deterrent System
It’s a car, not a closet.
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NOT A
Due to increasing break-ins of locked vehicles, “Lock
it or Lose it” is just not good enough anymore. If you want to keep them, TAKE YOUR VALUABLES
WITH YOU. If a thief can see it, they will break in, even for loose change.
And in the time it took you to read this, the thief would be walking away with your property.
www.cmpd.org : crime prevention tips and reporting crimes through this website.
www.charmeck.org : this website will give you information on how to use 311 and other information such as the Sheriffs Office.
You may also report crime information through the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 704 334-1600.
ALTERNATIVE VEHICLE THEFT PREVENTION
Robbery Prevention
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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
Robbery Prevention (cont.)
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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 .
Breaking and Entering
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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
Larceny by Employee/Employee Theft
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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
Domestic Violence/Industry
Espionage
Domestic Violence
- Maintain adequate business
access control
- Refer employees to
appropriate help agencies
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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
CRIME TRIANGLE
REMOVING ANY
ONE SIDE OF THIS
TRIANGLE WILL
PREVENT THE
NEXT CRIME
REPORT
SUSPICIOUS
ACTIVITY!!!!
CALL 911
WHAT IS SUSPICIOUS?
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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
311 Vs 911
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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 .
OVERVIEW
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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 !!!!!
CPTED
Crime Prevention Through
Environmental Design
Making Simple Changes to Address
Major Issues
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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.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
CPTED Matrix
Site address:
Description/Business Name:
Evaluation completed by:
Date of Evaluation:
Evaluation Item
Advantages
Disadvantages
Recommendations
Good Practice of maintaining your
own property
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.
Authority To Act As Agent
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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
Form that must be notarized
Safety and Crime Prevention is
Everyone’s Responsibility
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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
Crime Mapping
Everything that you wanted to know
but were afraid to ask!
Questions?