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Joel Caplan
Apr 26, 2013, 9:39:31 AM4/26/13
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From: <Jessica...@cor.gov>
Date: Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 9:30 AM
Subject: [IACA] Skate Park
To: iaca...@iaca.net
The following respondents were included in the survey: Puyallup Police Department, La Habra CA Police Department, Omaha PD, Bartlett IL PD, Northern Territory PD (Australia), Waukesha WI PD, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Division of Police, Ashland VA PD, Norman OK PD, Yakima WA PD, Costa Mesa CA PD, Edmonton Alberta, Ellicott MD, Dunwoody GA PD
Several suggestions were made from these other cities experiences as well. One city included the youth in the planning of the skate park in order to instill a sense of ownership so that they would want to take care of the park. Another city utilized a zero tolerance Police patrol at the park when it first opened for the first few months to let people know that they were going to ensure the park was a safe environment. Another city implemented no overnight parking and were strict on enforcement for those who did not obey the signage.
Utilizing problem oriented policing approaches I would suggest that there is plenty of lighting in the park. Since the patrons of the park tend to leave personal property in their vehicles or set them down while they skate, there tends to be a lot of theft issues. In order to increase awareness it is strongly suggested to incorporate “lock, take, hide” signs in the park. In order to harden targets it may be considered to include a locker wall, although there may be locker break ins, a locker would increase the effort the offender would have to use which may cause for less thefts than if we did not install one. We may even consider a coin locker system to add additional revenue for the parks department; however, we must factor in the cost for someone to maintain the lockers and deal with any issues patrons may have with the lockers functionality, otherwise we could have open lockers where patrons could bring their own locks."
Jessica Daniels, Crime Analyst
Richardson Police Department
Jessica...@cor.gov
972.744.4742
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From: <Jessica...@cor.gov>
Date: Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 9:30 AM
Subject: [IACA] Skate Park
To: iaca...@iaca.net
I want to thank everyone for their responses to my inquiry on the impact of Dog or Skate parks on crime, several did ask for the responses so I thought I would send it out for everyone.
Although no agency had numbers to provide I did get the following feedback, as incorporated in my report:
"Upon surveying other agencies I have received information that the different types of parks draw in the following types of crime based on the experiences of these other agencies:
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The following respondents were included in the survey: Puyallup Police Department, La Habra CA Police Department, Omaha PD, Bartlett IL PD, Northern Territory PD (Australia), Waukesha WI PD, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Division of Police, Ashland VA PD, Norman OK PD, Yakima WA PD, Costa Mesa CA PD, Edmonton Alberta, Ellicott MD, Dunwoody GA PD
Several suggestions were made from these other cities experiences as well. One city included the youth in the planning of the skate park in order to instill a sense of ownership so that they would want to take care of the park. Another city utilized a zero tolerance Police patrol at the park when it first opened for the first few months to let people know that they were going to ensure the park was a safe environment. Another city implemented no overnight parking and were strict on enforcement for those who did not obey the signage.
Utilizing problem oriented policing approaches I would suggest that there is plenty of lighting in the park. Since the patrons of the park tend to leave personal property in their vehicles or set them down while they skate, there tends to be a lot of theft issues. In order to increase awareness it is strongly suggested to incorporate “lock, take, hide” signs in the park. In order to harden targets it may be considered to include a locker wall, although there may be locker break ins, a locker would increase the effort the offender would have to use which may cause for less thefts than if we did not install one. We may even consider a coin locker system to add additional revenue for the parks department; however, we must factor in the cost for someone to maintain the lockers and deal with any issues patrons may have with the lockers functionality, otherwise we could have open lockers where patrons could bring their own locks."
Jessica Daniels, Crime Analyst
Richardson Police Department
Jessica...@cor.gov
972.744.4742
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Joel M. Caplan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | Rutgers University | School of Criminal Justice
Associate Director | Rutgers Center on Public Security | www.rutgerscps.org
123 Washington Street | Newark, NJ 07102 | Office 973-353-1304 | jca...@newark.rutgers.edu
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Joel M. Caplan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor | Rutgers University | School of Criminal Justice
Associate Director | Rutgers Center on Public Security | www.rutgerscps.org
123 Washington Street | Newark, NJ 07102 | Office 973-353-1304 | jca...@newark.rutgers.edu
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