The Crime-Free Multi-Housing (CFMH) program is a
crime prevention
Crime prevention is the attempt to reduce and deter crime and criminals. It is applied specifically to efforts made by governments to reduce crime, enforce the law, and maintain criminal justice.
Studies
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program, which partners property owners, residents, and law-enforcement personnel in an effort to eliminate crime, drugs, and gangs on rental properties.
History
The program began in
Mesa, Arizona
Mesa ( ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa County, in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is the most populous city in the East Valley (Phoenix metropolitan area), East Valley section of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is bordered by ...
in the United States in 1992. Since then it has spread to other US cities and several other countries.
The International Crime Free Association says that the program has brought satisfied tenants, and increased demand for rental units, lower maintenance and repair costs, increased property values, and improved safety.
Program
Three phases must be completed under police supervision:
* an eight-hour seminar presented by the local police department
* certification that the rental property has met the security requirements for the tenants' safety
* a tenant crime-prevention meeting is held
Landlords are allowed to advertise their full certification on their property.
See also
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Crime prevention through environmental design
Notes
References
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* {{cite web , url = https://www.tucsonaz.gov/police/crime-free-multi-housing , title = Crime Free Multi-Housing , last = Tucson , date = 2022
External links
Crime Free Housing Training, West Fargo, NDCrime-Free-Multi-Housing, City of Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaCrime Free Multi-Housing Program, British Columbia, CanadaCrime Free Multi-Housing, Tucson, AZEPD Crime Free Multi-Housing Program, Evansville, IN
Criminology
Security engineering
Crime prevention