Informal Briefing Minutes Tuesday, October 21, 2014 - 10:30 AM

Present: Charlotte J. Nash, Jace Brooks, Lynette Howard, Tommy Hunter, John Heard

1. Police Services Crime Free Multi-Housing Program Update

Bert Garcia with the Gwinnett County Police Department provided an overview of the Crime Free Multi-Housing Program. No Official Action Taken.

“Keeping Illegal Activity Out of Rental Property”

• 3 states by 1993 • 7 states by 1994 • 17 states by 1995 • 30 states by 1996 • 37 states by 1997 • 45 states by 2010 • 50 states by 2014

• British Columbia 1994 • Quebec 1995 • Ontario 1996 • Alberta 2000 • Saskatchewan 2001 • Nova Scotia 2012

• USA • Canada • Mexico • England • Finland • Poland • Nigeria • Japan • Russia • Mongolia • Malaysia • Afghanistan • Puerto Rico • Antigua

An International Program

* Crime Prevention Orientation * Applicant Screening * Quality of Life/Code Enforcement * Combating Illegal Activity * Community Rules and Leases * Partnership With The Police * Dealing With Non-Compliance * Crime Prevention through Environmental Design

Phase One: 8-Hour Seminar

Deadbolt Locks

Security Strike Plates

Eye Viewers Charlie Bar

Phase Two:

Mandatory C.P.T.E.D. Requirements: On-Site Property Inspection

3 inch Screws

Lighting

Phase Three: Resident Safety Social

Use the Three F’s for a Successful Safety Social.

PHASE III

FUN FREE

FOOD

Live in an apartment? Take action to prevent crime and become involved with the CRIME-FREE MULTI-HOUSING program like your property manager or landlord has already done. In apartment rental properties, residents tend to be transient. Most often, tenants sign a six-month, nine-month or twelve-month lease. In many cases, landlords don’t even require leases and residency is based on an oral month-to-month agreement. With a month-to-month rental, occupants can move easily if they feel crime in their apartment complex has reached a level they will not tolerate, with only a ten day notice to their landlord prior to the end of any month. In apartment communities, tenants often find it easier to move away from crime rather than confront crime. WHAT IS THE CRIME-FREE MULTI-HOUSING PROGRAM? Historically, police have fought a losing battle against crime in multi-family rental properties. In April 2012, The Gwinnett County Police Department adopted a proven program tailored to crime prevention in rental communities. The result was the CRIME-FREE MULTI-HOUSING PROGRAM. CRIME-FREE MULTI-HOUSING is a bold program, which was developed in Mesa, Arizona in 1992 and was designed to take a multi-faceted approach to crime prevention. The goal of the program is to help the citizens take back their neighborhoods by creating a unique coalition between the Gwinnett County Police, property managers and rental property residents. The program focuses on a phased approach that includes:

• Development of a certification process, never-before offered by a police department. The police-issued incentives included certificates, signs, advertising privileges.

• Management training and readily available law enforcement assistance. • Continuous crime prevention awareness & training for residents (upon request). • Development of the Crime-free Lease Addendum, which is the backbone of the program. The

Addendum lists specific criminal acts that, if committed on or near a rental property, result in the immediate termination of a renter’s lease.

The CRIME-FREE MULTI-HOUSING PROGRAM achieved almost instant success. In rental properties with the highest crime rates, the immediate results showed up to a 90% reduction in police calls-for-service. Even in the best properties, reductions of 15%-20% were not uncommon. The CRIME-FREE MULTI-HOUSING PROGRAM has spread nationally and internationally, and has been just as successful in communities across the United States, Canada and other countries around the world.

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gwinnettCOUNTY Police Department Crime Free Multi-Housing

ARREST REPORT

EVICTION REPORT

Officer David Martinez

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