Crime-Free Housing Program

Crime-Free Multi-Housing/rental property training program

Since 1995, the Redlands Police Department has participated in the San Bernardino County Crime-Free Multi-Housing program. The five-phase Crime-Free Multi-Housing program focuses on community-oriented crime prevention by emphasizing communication with property managers, tenants and police.

• Phase 1 is a one-day workshop that introduces the program, classroom instruction on a crime-free rental addendum, eviction process, tenant screening, property management, Fair Housing issues, gangs, graffiti and narcotics identification. Classroom presentations will be conducted by professionals in each field.
   
• In Phase 2, police officers conduct a security assessment of the apartment complexes, called Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), which helps managers identify ways to make their complexes safer for tenants.
   
• Completion of Phases 1 and 2 allows managers to begin Phase 3, ordering and posting signs denoting their apartment complexes as Crime-Free.
   
• In Phase 4 of the Crime-Free Multi-Housing program, Redlands Police officers will schedule tenant/manager meetings at participating complexes. Residents will be given information about local crime trends and crime prevention techniques.
   
• Phase 5 certifies the complex as Crime-Free.

Crime-Free Multi-Housing participants have seen a reduction in calls for service and a reinforced partnership with the community.

The Redlands Police Department holds two Crime-Free Multi-Housing workshops per year, one in the Spring and the other in the Fall.

For more information, contact Rick Strobaugh at rstrobaugh@redlandspolice.org or call the Community Policing Unit at (909) 335 – 4753.