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The Crime Free Multi Housing Program is a new concept in community programs. Dover Police Department is the first agency in Delaware to initiate this program.
The program specifically targets rental neighborhoods, which are typically different from single-home developments in many ways. The program is designed to target crime in 3 phases:
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| The first phase of the program
educates the managers of the targeted neighborhoods by teaching them what
they can and can not do related to Landlord-Tenant Laws. Managers
are encouraged to be more discriminate while doing their background checks
and to conduct credit and criminal history checks on prospective
applicants. Managers are also taught C.P.T.E.D. (Crime Prevention
Through Environmental Design) principles concerning surveillance,
territoriality and access control. |
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| Phase II | |
| The second phase involves a
physical inspection of the housing complex to ensure that the buildings
meet minimum safety standards. |
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| Phase III | |
| The third and final phase of
the program is a Safety Social event, which brings together all parties
involved (management, tenants and police) to discuss personal safety and
crime prevention issues. Once the residents become involved in the
program, they will develop pride in themselves and their community.
Once a housing complex becomes certified,
they have the privilege of displaying the CFMHP signs and
logos. |
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