Title
Presentation of a plaque to the City and its Police Division for Hampton's Recertification as a Certified Crime Prevention Community.
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The City of Hampton was approved on June 10, 2009 to continue its participation in Virginia's Certified Crime Prevention Community Program and was subsequently presented with its re-certification in July 2009. Certifications for the Crime Prevention Programs must be renewed every three years. As such, the Hampton Police Division recently went through the process to recertify the City of Hampton as a Certified Crime Prevention Community. After careful and thorough review of Hampton's application by the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), the City will be recertified for another three (3) years. This program was established by the Governor's Partnership Commission for Community Safety and is administered by DCJS. It is designed to recognize and certify localities that have implemented a defined set of community safety strategies as part of a comprehensive community safety/crime prevention effort. This is not simply a police program, but involves a number of agencies and organizations throughout the City. While it requires a dedicated effort on the part of the City to become and maintain certification, the potential rewards of this program are tremendous.
Rick Arrington, Crime Prevention Program Manager and Program Analyst, will be presenting to the City a plaque for Hampton successfully being recertified as a Certified Crime Prevention Community.
Discussion:
Virginia's Certified Crime Prevention Community Program was one of the first of its kind in the nation at its inception in 1998. The program encourages localities to develop and implement collaborative community safety plans within a flexible framework designed by the Commission. In addition, it provides an ongoing process by which communities can reassess and update their plans to address emerging community safety issues...
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