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GENERAL ORDER
TITLE ACCREDITATION
Crime Prevention CALEA Chapter 45
PRIOR REVISIONS
PROPONENT UNIT None
Youth and Community Relations
Bureau ATTACHMENT:
None
NUMBER ISSUE DATE REVISION DATE TOTAL PAGES
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I. PURPOSE: This Order establishes guidelines for the operation and administration of the
Crime Prevention Unit (CPU).
II. POLICY: To reduce the incidence of crime, the Gainesville Police Department shall maintain
a crime prevention function.
III. PROCEDURE
A. Responsibilities: The Crime Prevention Unit (CPU), which is a component of the
Youth and Community Relations Bureau, shall be responsible for developing, organizing,
and implementing crime prevention programs.
1. Members of the CPU should be trained and certified as a Crime Prevention
Practitioner by Florida’s Attorney General’s Office.
2. To ensure that the Department’s crime prevention function is coordinated and
therefore implemented efficiently, members in other bureaus/divisions/units shall
consult with the CPU when developing a crime prevention program.
B. Crime Prevention Activities:
1. Crime Prevention: The CPU shall develop problem-oriented or community
policing strategies to include focusing on programs by crime type and geographic
area on the basis of crime data.
Program development shall be based on an analysis of the crime data and
information from other sources, such as citizen input.
Members should consult the Crime Analysis Unit when assessing crime data.
2. Public Information: The CPU shall develop problem-oriented or community
policing strategies to focus on programs to address community concerns
Dissemination of information to the public should be coordinated via the Public
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3. Crime Prevention Groups: The CPU shall assist in organizing community
groups with an interest in crime prevention (such as Neighborhood Watch) to
include:
in residential and business areas that have been identified as needing
crime prevention programs.
establishing liaison with existing community organizations or establishing
community groups where they are needed;
assisting in the development of community involvement policies for the
agency;
publicizing agency objectives, community problems, and successes;
communicating crime trends and problems between citizens, businesses
and the agency; and
Supporting agency practices bearing on police community interaction.
[CALEA 45.1.2.a.b.c.d.e]
Department members (Exception City of Gainesville Legal Office) shall
not provide legal advice to citizens.
C. Reporting: The Crime Prevention Unit shall submit a monthly activity report via the
chain-of- command. The report shall include:
Synopsis of community relation activities,
Community events,
Established new crime watch neighborhoods.
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By Order of
Signed Original on File in the
Accreditation Unit
__________________________
Tony R. Jones
Chief of Police
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