Riverside Public Safety
Crime Free Multi-Housing Program
The Crime Free multi-Housing program is a crime prevention program designed to reduce crime, drugs and gangs on apartment properties. The program was successfully developed at the Mesa Arizona Police Department in 1992.
The International Crime Free Multi-Housing program has spread to nearly 2,000 cities in 44 U.S. states, 5 Canadian Provinces and numerous other countries.
The program consists of three phases that must be completed under the supervision of the Riverside Department of Public Safety. Apartment managers can become individually certified after completing each phase and the property becomes certified upon successful completion of all three phases.
CRIME FREE MULTI-HOUSING PROGRAM BENEFITS:
- A stable, satisfied tenant base and an increased demand for rental units.
- Lower maintenance and repair costs, increased property values.
- Improved personal safety for tenants, managers, and owners
COSTS OF DRUG ACTIVITY IN RENTAL PROPERTY:
When criminals and other destructive tenants operate out of rental property, neighborhoods suffer and property managers pay a high price. That price may include:
- Decline in property values
- Property damage arising from abuse or neglect
- Fire resulting from manufacturing or growing operations.
- Civil penalties including temporary closure of the property, or even property seizure.
- Loss of rent during the eviction and or repair periods.
- Fear and frustration when dealing with dangerous tenants.
- Increased resentment and anger between good tenants and property managers.
- The loss of valued law abiding tenants.
Here is a brief outline of the program contents:
PHASE 1- MANAGEMENT TRAINING (EIGHT HOURS) TAUGHT BY THE RIVERSIDE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
- Crime prevention theory
- CPTED- Crime prevention through environmental design
- Benefits of resident screening
- Lease agreements and eviction issues
- Crime Free lease addendum
- Key control and master key use
- On-going security management monitoring and responding to criminal activity
- Gangs, drug activity, and crime prevention
- Legal warnings, Notices and evictions and working with the Police Department.
PHASE 2- CPTED- INSPECTION BY THE POLICE
- Minimum door, window, and lock standards
- Minimum exterior lighting standards evaluation
- Key control procedures evaluation.
- Landscape maintenance standards compliance.
PHASE 3- COMMUNITY AWARENESS TRAINING
- Annual crime prevention social taught by apartment Managers and Police.
- Community awareness and continuous participation.
FULL CERTIFICATION
Full certification permits the right to post the Crime Free Multi-Housing program sign and advertise membership in the Crime Free Multi-Housing program in the apartment letterhead and advertisement. This certificate expires every year unless renewed following compliance with Phase 1 and Phase 11
Crime Free Coordinators:
Officer David Waite: dwaite@riversidemo.com
Officer Andrew Marr: amarr@riversidemo.com
Officer Luther Solomon: lsolomon@riversidemo.com
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