Redlands PD Hosts Crime-Free Multi-Housing Workshop

REDLANDS-LOMA LINDA, CA - From the Redlands Police Department: The Redlands Police Department will hold an eight-hour training class for multi-unit rental apartment managers/owners and single family rental property owners. The program focuses on education and reducing crime in apartments, condominium complexes and single-family rental housing throughout the city.

The class will be held at the Redlands Community Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave. from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6. Please RSVP by Nov. 4. Lunch will be provided. Cost is $5 to cover cost of lunch from Subway.

The five-phase Crime-Free Multi-Housing program focuses on community-oriented crime prevention by emphasizing communication with property managers, tenants and police. Since 1995, the Redlands Police Department has participated in the San Bernardino County Crime-Free Multi-Housing program.

Phase 1 is a one-day workshop that introduces the program, classroom instruction on a crime-free rental addendum, eviction process, tenant screening, property management, Fair Housing issues, gangs, graffiti and narcotics identification. Classroom presentations will be conducted by professionals in each field.

In Phase 2, police officers conduct a security assessment of the apartment complexes, called Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), which helps managers identify ways to make their complexes safer for tenants.

Completion of Phases 1 and 2 allows managers to begin Phase 3, ordering and posting signs denoting their apartment complexes as Crime-Free.

In Phase 4 of the Crime-Free Multi-Housing program, Redlands Police officers will schedule tenant/manager meetings at participating complexes. Residents will be given information about local crime trends and crime prevention techniques.

Phase 5 certifies the complex as Crime-Free.

Crime-Free Multi-Housing participants have seen a reduction in calls for service and a reinforced partnership with the community.

The Redlands Police Department holds two Crime-Free Multi-Housing workshops per year, one in the Spring and the other in the Fall.

For more information or to reserve a spot, contact Rick Strobaugh at rstrobaugh@redlandspolice.org.

Anyone with information regarding crime or suspicious activity is asked to contact Redlands Police Dispatch at (909) 798-7681 ext. 1. Certain non-emergency crimes may also be reported online using the Redlands Police Department’s CopLogic reporting system at cityofredlands.org/police/report.

Redlands Police press releases and other information are available on the Redlands Police Department Facebook page at www.facebook.com/redlandspolicedepartment or on the Department website at www.redlandspolice.org.

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