Sample of training and consulting Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

1. SAMPLE: CPTED & Target Hardening Training Presented by Brad Young CPTED Practitioner

2. What is CPTED? Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design CPTED is the proper design and effective use of the built environment that can lead to a reduction in the form and incidence of crime and improvement in the quality of life. C. Ray Jeffrey, 1971

3. CPTED Elements Natural surveillance Windows Signage Doors Interior lighting Exterior lighting Parking facilities Access Control Landscaping Others

4. Why CPTED? Utilize human nature and known behavior to deter crime Harden targets access control Enhance natural surveillance Territorial reinforcement Maintenance “image”

5. Major Benefits of CPTED Reduction in crime. Reduction in potential for crime. Perceived greater safety and security.

6. Major Benefits of CPTED Increased business activity. Encouragement of the middle class to remain in the city.

7. Major Benefits of CPTED Improvement and beautification of the physical environment. Improved quality of life. Revitalization and preservation of neighborhoods

8. CPTED Uses Single family homes Neighborhoods Commercial drive-through Commercial storefronts Industrial parks Auto dealerships Office buildings

9. CPTED Examples Old World Moats around castles Forest clearing along roadways Walls, gates, drawbridges New World See-through elevators Parking guard stations Improved lighting designs Enhanced surveillance Planned communities

10. Natural Surveillance Make all parking areas visible through windows and doors. Screen or conceal dumpsters, but don’t create blind spots. Position main entrances in high-profile areas, this allows for greater visibility. Position cash registers near the front windows, but not directly next to the glass. Avoid fencing, walls, and landscaping that may obstruct visibility or provide hiding places. Ensure any public pay phones are in highly visible areas, remove pay phones completely if possible.

11. Natural Surveillance

12. CPTED & Lighting Lighting has two purposes within the CPTED model 1. Lighting is used for the illumination of human activity. 2. Lighting is used for security.

13. Fact: 90% OF ALL CRIMEOCCURS AFTER DARK

15. Improvement in quality of life

16. Improvement in perception of safety

17. Increased pedestrian activity

18. Improvement in local business

20. Landscaping Uses Beautify property Define space Provide shade Types of materials Trees Rocks/bark/etc. Groundcover Shrubbery Grass/lawn material

21. Landscaping Walkways and lawn areas symbolize “OK” areas to walk and for people to be. Rocks, bark, groundcover, and shrubbery identify “personal” areas, places outsiders shouldn’t be.

22. CPTED “ CPTED is not the total answer to community problems, but it does provide the community with the means to eliminate or reduce environmental obstacles to social, cultural or managerial control.” Timothy D. Crowe Criminologist & CPTED Practitioner

23. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A FOLLOW UP MEETING Brad Young CPTED Practitioner Email: bradleykeithyoung@gmail.com Phone: 510 / 517-9130

24. Crime Prevention Crime Prevention is the anticipation, recognition and appraisal of a crime risk and the initiation of some action to remove or reduce the risk National Crime Prevention Institute NCPI