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Physical Site Assessments for Law Enforcement

Douglas Robinson North Carolina Justice

Academy

Edneyville Campus

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

Proper design and effective use of the environment can lead to a reduction in crime and to the improved quality of life.

(Defined according to Dr. C. Ray Jeffrey)

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Important factors to consider when doing a comprehensive site

assessment

Ø Lessons learned from 4/20/99; Ø The mindset of school safety/security

personnel in Post-9/11/01 USA;

Ø  The post Beslan incident mindset; &

Ø Prioritization/Cost Effectiveness of the assessment process.

The Three-Step Process Planning for a Safer Facility

Quick overview of the Planning Process :

The Three-Step Process Planning for a Safer Facility

STEP 1 Build your Safe Facility Team. Ø Include ALL the stakeholders!

Ø More on Stakeholders in a moment.

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The Three-Step Process Planning for a Safer Facility

STEP 2 Safer Facility Assessment (Four S’s)

1. Physical Site Assessment 2. Statistics 3. Surveys 4. Facility Users

Waynesville Recreation Site Plat

Waynesville Recreation Frontal Approach

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Waynesville Recreation Frontal Approach

Provisions to prevent high speed approaches?

Waynesville Recreation How many safety concerns can you think of ?

Milk and bread???

Waynesville Recreation Main Level

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Waynesville Recreation Upper Level

I . Natural and Formal Access Control

Use of the site assessment form: CPTED Applied Facility Data form

II. Natural and Formal Surveillance III. Territorial Reinforcement IV. Safety Provisions V. Safe Facility Planning and

Accountability

And once the assessment is complete

The Strategies will emerge!

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The Three-Step Process Planning for a Safer Facility

STEP 3 Review of the Strategies that Emerge from this Process: This is only a sampling!

Strategies which emerge utilizing a comprehensive site assessment tool

Safety Master Plan Crisis Management Plan

Ø Medical Personnel Needs Ø Counseling Support Ø Transportation Issues

Strategies which emerge utilizing a comprehensive site assessment tool

Safety Master Plan Crisis Management Plan (cont.)

Ø Rapid Deployment & M.O.U.’s Ø Defer to Mr. Alan Gill/NCSU

Ø Inner/Outer Perimeters and C & C sites

Ø  Crisis Kits / Black Boxes Ø And on and on………

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Strategies which emerge utilizing a comprehensive site assessment tool

Ø Needs Assessment Ø Visitor Policy Ø Counseling Support

Ø Lighting Ø Personnel Assignments Ø Hazardous Materials Plan

Ø Medical Personnel Needs Ø Theft Prevention

Strategies which emerge utilizing a comprehensive site assessment tool

Ø Public Relations Ø Media Ø Parents Ø Students

Crime Prevention through Environmental Design

CPTED

n  Does NOT required an extensive technical background

n  Application can be implemented by the layperson

n  Process applies to private and public facilities and structures

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Resources

n  Local Law Enforcement Agencies n  Crime Prevention Officers

n  City/County Planning Departments n  American Institute of Architects

n  State Associations as well… n  Crime Prevention through Environmental Design, Tim

Crowe, University of Louisville. 2nd Edition.

n  Safe Schools; A Handbook for Violence Prevention, Ronald Stephens, National School Safety Center

Resources

n  Jeffrey, C. Ray (1971). Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. Beverly Hills, CO: Sage Publications.

n  National Crime Prevention Council, Designing Safer Communities: Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Handbook, Washington, DC 1996.

n  International CPTED Association: www.cpted.net n  American Society of Landscape Architects: www.asla.org n  National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC): www.ncpc.org

n  United States Secret Service

CPTED Benefits

n  Process can be utilized regardless of physical scale

n  Concept can be integrated into multiple strategies

n  Identification of short and long term goals n  Some will take years to fully implement/realize

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CPTED Benefits

n  Collective Response n  Broad diverse input from the community

n  Encourages better law Enforcement/ Community relations

n  Can develop standards for future projects

“People!”

n There are those who know the price of everything and the value of nothing!

Or to put than another way:

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Douglas Robinson drobinson@ncdoj.gov

828-685-3600

Ext. 216

Closing thought… (President Theodore Roosevelt)

“Do what you can,

with what you have,

where you are!”