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Message from WSCPA President - Mark Solomon
Dear Members and Friends –
I want to thank the City of Renton for entrusting us with providing Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Certification training for City of Renton's senior staff. Supervisors from Community and Economic Development, Public Works, Parks and Recreation, all took part in this training. A special thanks to Renton Mayor Armondo Pavone, whose vision is to incorporate CPTED into the fabric of Renton, and Chief Administrative Officer Ed VanValey, who made this training happen. I feel confident we will be doing additional trainings for the City of Renton’s senior staff. We can do the same for any of your municipalities and organizations as well.
Crime Prevention Thursday
At our last Crime Prevention Thursday Session (Thursday, May 16th) we were fortunate to have two representatives from the FBI present to our group. FBI Supervisory Special Agent Brian LeBlanc presented Responding to and Investigating Bomb Threats and Swatting Hoaxes: a review of statistics/current trends, characteristics of hoax calls as well as best practices for assessment and response. FBI Liaison Specialist Rachel Burney presented on the National Common Operational Picture Virtual Command Center on Swatting: an overview of the Virtual Command Center - a situational awareness tool available to law enforcement agencies, utilized for sharing information related to swatting incidents across the US. Both provided resources sheets related to their presentations that we were able to forward to the group via email.
For our next Crime Prevention Thursday on June 20th, we will be joined by commercial and residential property management professionals to discuss best practices for property management. Many of us work with commercial and residential property managers almost daily and advise them on what they should do from a law enforcement perspective. Yet, how often do we take the time to learn from them as to what their best practices are? What works for them? What doesn’t work? What restraints do they have in dealing with problem tenants? What support do they need? What would be helpful for us as crime prevention and community engagement specialists to know from them? We’ve invited senior level staff from Indigo Real Estate (one of our 2024 Conference Sponsors) and Kidder Matthews (a WSCPA member) to join us for a moderated discussion regarding working with property management. To register for this Session please go here. After you register, you will receive a link for the Zoom session.
Crime Prevention Conference
We are finalizing the 2024 Crime Prevention Conference program. As a reminder, the conference will be September 17-18, 2024, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Wenatchee. We want to ensure you get the best value for attending. It is our intent that you walk away with plans, programs, and resources you can take back to your communities to enhance what you are already doing or give you additional tools to try something new. Please see the attached conference flyer. Thank you to those who have already registered for the conference. For those that have yet to register, you can do so here.
Membership Meeting and Election of Directors and Officers
At the September conference, we will have a general membership meeting during the buffet lunch on September 17th. We will be holding elections for Officers and Regional Directors. We will be voting on the positions of President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Further, we will be electing regional Directors from Region 2 (King and Snohomish Counties), Region 4 (Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Pacific, Skamania and Wahkiakum Counties), Region 6 (Benton, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat and Yakima Counties) and Region 8 (Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Walla Walla and Whitman Counties). All active Association Members (meaning those who are current on their dues) have voting privileges. If you are interested in being an Officer or a Regional Director, we ask you to submit a resume, letter of interest, and a letter of support from your supervisor (if applicable) showing your organization’s support of you serving on the WSCPA Board of Directors. You must be an active (dues paid) member in order to hold office on the Board of the Association. Deadline for submission is August 1, 2024.
Nominations for Crime Prevention Awards
As a Reminder, we will be presenting our annual Crime Prevention Awards on Wednesday, September 18th during the buffet lunch. We will honor Outstanding Crime Prevention Program, Volunteer of the year, Crime Prevention Unit of the Year, Crime Prevention Practitioner of the Year, The President’s Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award. Please, we need you to nominate people and programs for these awards. To nominate an award recipient, please go here.
Thank you all and thank you for all you do for your communities. We hope to see you at our next Crime Prevention Thursday and at our Conference in September in Wenatchee.
-Mark A. Solomon, CPD, PSP
President, Washington State Crime Prevention Association
Crime Prevention Thursday
At our last Crime Prevention Thursday Session (Thursday, May 16th) we were fortunate to have two representatives from the FBI present to our group. FBI Supervisory Special Agent Brian LeBlanc presented Responding to and Investigating Bomb Threats and Swatting Hoaxes: a review of statistics/current trends, characteristics of hoax calls as well as best practices for assessment and response. FBI Liaison Specialist Rachel Burney presented on the National Common Operational Picture Virtual Command Center on Swatting: an overview of the Virtual Command Center - a situational awareness tool available to law enforcement agencies, utilized for sharing information related to swatting incidents across the US. Both provided resources sheets related to their presentations that we were able to forward to the group via email.
For our next Crime Prevention Thursday on June 20th, we will be joined by commercial and residential property management professionals to discuss best practices for property management. Many of us work with commercial and residential property managers almost daily and advise them on what they should do from a law enforcement perspective. Yet, how often do we take the time to learn from them as to what their best practices are? What works for them? What doesn’t work? What restraints do they have in dealing with problem tenants? What support do they need? What would be helpful for us as crime prevention and community engagement specialists to know from them? We’ve invited senior level staff from Indigo Real Estate (one of our 2024 Conference Sponsors) and Kidder Matthews (a WSCPA member) to join us for a moderated discussion regarding working with property management. To register for this Session please go here. After you register, you will receive a link for the Zoom session.
Crime Prevention Conference
We are finalizing the 2024 Crime Prevention Conference program. As a reminder, the conference will be September 17-18, 2024, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Wenatchee. We want to ensure you get the best value for attending. It is our intent that you walk away with plans, programs, and resources you can take back to your communities to enhance what you are already doing or give you additional tools to try something new. Please see the attached conference flyer. Thank you to those who have already registered for the conference. For those that have yet to register, you can do so here.
Membership Meeting and Election of Directors and Officers
At the September conference, we will have a general membership meeting during the buffet lunch on September 17th. We will be holding elections for Officers and Regional Directors. We will be voting on the positions of President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Further, we will be electing regional Directors from Region 2 (King and Snohomish Counties), Region 4 (Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Pacific, Skamania and Wahkiakum Counties), Region 6 (Benton, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat and Yakima Counties) and Region 8 (Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Walla Walla and Whitman Counties). All active Association Members (meaning those who are current on their dues) have voting privileges. If you are interested in being an Officer or a Regional Director, we ask you to submit a resume, letter of interest, and a letter of support from your supervisor (if applicable) showing your organization’s support of you serving on the WSCPA Board of Directors. You must be an active (dues paid) member in order to hold office on the Board of the Association. Deadline for submission is August 1, 2024.
Nominations for Crime Prevention Awards
As a Reminder, we will be presenting our annual Crime Prevention Awards on Wednesday, September 18th during the buffet lunch. We will honor Outstanding Crime Prevention Program, Volunteer of the year, Crime Prevention Unit of the Year, Crime Prevention Practitioner of the Year, The President’s Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award. Please, we need you to nominate people and programs for these awards. To nominate an award recipient, please go here.
Thank you all and thank you for all you do for your communities. We hope to see you at our next Crime Prevention Thursday and at our Conference in September in Wenatchee.
-Mark A. Solomon, CPD, PSP
President, Washington State Crime Prevention Association
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