The mechanism through which Crime Prevention operates is the Community-wide Crime Prevention Program.

It has been the goal of our police department to stimulate appropriate crime prevention attitudes and behavior on the part of individuals and group, and to work toward physical environment changes which promote crime prevention.

Some of these programs are:

• Meeting with and educating community groups such as: Lions Club, Senior Men's Club, school-parent organizations and businesses.

• Environmental design: a program in which the crime prevention officer offers suggestions and modifications to homes and businesses involving landscape design and lighting, that often discourage criminal activity and encourage citizen activity in the environment.

• Home/Business Security Surveys: recommendations that include specific changes in store policies, the hiring of personnel and the ideas for reducing internal theft.

• Crime Prevention is the future in managing a community's approach to crime control. The ultimate success of crime prevention is dependent upon a cooperation between our police department and our community. Together we can assemble, refine and share knowledge of crime prevention. This partnership will continue to reduce the opportunity for crime into the 21st Century. For more information, please contact the Highland Park Police Department's Crime Prevention Officer at (847) 926-1122.