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Crime Prevention
There are a variety of crime prevention programs/strategies that use specific approaches to anticipate, recognize, appraise, and address crime and/or the factors contributing to crime. Crime prevention may be targeted at different levels including the individual, community, family, or particular types of locations. Usually, individual level crime prevention refers to initial avoidance of crime; that is preventing someone from ever committing a crime. These types of crime prevention programs typically target risk factors shown to be related to offending.
Programs
Crime prevention programs or strategies focused on the community may target changes in the community infrastructure, culture or physical nature in order to reduce crime. Examples of these types of programs include neighborhood watch, community policing, and Weed and Seed. Particular types of places, because of their function(s), may be the focus of crime prevention as well.
Here to Help You
This page has been created to bring you relevant information for practical steps you can take to minimize your exposure to crime and help you assess the situations around you which may help prevent crimes before they are allowed to occur.
Crime Prevention Informational Files
Feel free to download and/or read the following PDF files relating to crime prevention, and be sure to check this page often for more information and tips.
- Back to School Safety Tips (PDF)
- Carbon Monoxide Prevention (PDF)
- Charity Scams (PDF)
- Children home alone
- Crime prevention - Resolving conflict with law enforcement
- Crime prevention message - A safer new year
- Crime prevention message - Anger
- Crime prevention message - Back to school traffic safety
- Crime prevention message - Being smart about conflict
- Crime prevention message - Boating safety
- Crime prevention message - Breaking the cycle of domestic violence
- Crime prevention message - Burglary prevention
- Crime prevention message - Children and predatory offenders
- Crime prevention message - Children online during COVID-19
- Crime prevention message - Criminals and COVID-19
- Crime prevention message - Domestic Abuse during COVID-19
- Crime prevention message - Elder abuse
- Crime prevention message - Elder Abuse
- Crime prevention message - Ending harassment
- Crime Prevention message - Firearms safety
- Crime prevention message - Holiday crime prevention and safety
- Crime prevention message - Holiday theft prevention
- Crime prevention message - Kids and Social Media
- Crime prevention message - Living with bears
- Crime prevention message - Making a 911 call
- Crime prevention message - Methamphetamine
- Crime prevention message - Misconceptions of law enforcement
- Crime prevention message - Online shopping safety
- Crime prevention message - Opioids
- Crime prevention message - Pedestrian safety
- Crime prevention message - Person crime mitigation
- Crime prevention message - Personal safety
- Crime prevention message - Preventing package theft
- Crime prevention message - Scams
- Crime prevention message - Scams targeting Gen Z
- Crime prevention message - Security systems
- Crime prevention message - Sex trafficking realities
- Crime prevention message - Sexual Assault
- Crime prevention message - Shopping safely online
- Crime prevention message - Situational Awareness
- Crime prevention message - Slow Driver and Hands Free Cell Phone laws
- Crime prevention message - Smishing scams
- Crime prevention message - Summer driving safety
- Crime prevention message - The Importance of Serial Numbers
- Crime prevention message - Theft prevention
- Crime prevention message - Thieves and your vehicle
- Crime prevention message - Traffic safety
- Crime prevention message - Traffic Stop Etiquette
- Crime prevention message - Traffic stop safety
- Crime prevention message - Trailer theft prevention
- Crime prevention message - Using firearms safely
- Crime prevention message - Vehicle theft
- Crime prevention message - Winter vehicle preparedness
- Crime prevention message - Work Zone safety
- Crime-prevention-message - Holiday-shopping
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month (PDF)
- Emergency Response Guide (PDF)
- Fire Safety at Gas Pumps (PDF)
- Fish House Safety and Security (PDF)
- Halloween Safety Tips for Kids (PDF)
- Holiday Safety (PDF)
- Identity Theft (PDF)
- Latch Key Kids - After School Safety Tips (PDF)
- October is Crime Prevention Month (PDF)
- Preventing Scams 201
- Reducing False Alarms (PDF)
- Reporting suspicious behavior
- Respecting Diversity (PDF)
- School Success - Parental Involvement and Truancy (PDF)
- Security Tips in the Office (PDF)
- Snowmobiling (PDF)
- Theft From Person (PDF)
- Unconventional Motor Vehicles on Public Roadways (PDF)
- Winter Ice Safety (PDF)
- Winter Survival Kits (PDF)
- Workplace Violence (PDF)