April 2024
Dear Members and Friends -
Happy April, everyone! We wanted to take a moment to share a few items with you.
Check Out Our New Website
We have a new look to our website. There are some new features that are exclusive to our members and member organizations, such as our Crime Prevention Library and past recordings of Crime Prevention Thursday. When you have a moment, please check it out. https://www.wscpa.net/
CPTED Training
We will be holding our Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) certification class in Spokane at Gonzaga University April 16-18. Our thanks to Gonzaga’s Campus Security & Public Safety Department and Spokane C.O.P.S. for hosting us.
Crime Prevention Thursday
While we will be involved in our CPTED training on Thursday April 18th, we will still hold Crime Prevention Thursday for those who will not be in Spokane with us. Our April 18th topic will be Summer Community Programming and Engagement. With many of our member agencies participating in Drug Take Back Day, Shred-a-thons, Night Out and other Crime Prevention and Community Outreach efforts over the next few months, join your colleagues in a discussion about what is planned, how they were organized, who was partnered with, and how you can possibly replicate those efforts in your community. This session will be facilitated by Rebekah Ziesemer, WSCPA Region 3 Director and Community Programs Coordinator for Olympia PD. To register for our 11am Pacific Time Crime Prevention Thursday Session, please go here.
Crime Prevention Conference
We are excited about what we have in store for you at our annual Crime Prevention Conference September 17-18, 2024, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Wenatchee. Some of the workshops we have planned for you include:
Workshop details and conference schedule will be forthcoming. Thank you to those who have already registered for the conference. For those that have yet to register, you can do so here.
Annual Awards are back!
After a few years’ hiatus, we are bringing back our annual Crime Prevnetion Awards, which will be presented at our conference on Wednesday the 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. We rely on you to nominate these programs and individuals to be awarded. To nominate an award recipient, please go here.
The Role of the Mental Wellness Field in Prevention
From our friend Salliejo Evers from Homeland, is an announcement regarding an upcoming webinar on Tuesday, April 16th, 10am Pacific time. Please see below.
Happy April, everyone! We wanted to take a moment to share a few items with you.
Check Out Our New Website
We have a new look to our website. There are some new features that are exclusive to our members and member organizations, such as our Crime Prevention Library and past recordings of Crime Prevention Thursday. When you have a moment, please check it out. https://www.wscpa.net/
CPTED Training
We will be holding our Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) certification class in Spokane at Gonzaga University April 16-18. Our thanks to Gonzaga’s Campus Security & Public Safety Department and Spokane C.O.P.S. for hosting us.
Crime Prevention Thursday
While we will be involved in our CPTED training on Thursday April 18th, we will still hold Crime Prevention Thursday for those who will not be in Spokane with us. Our April 18th topic will be Summer Community Programming and Engagement. With many of our member agencies participating in Drug Take Back Day, Shred-a-thons, Night Out and other Crime Prevention and Community Outreach efforts over the next few months, join your colleagues in a discussion about what is planned, how they were organized, who was partnered with, and how you can possibly replicate those efforts in your community. This session will be facilitated by Rebekah Ziesemer, WSCPA Region 3 Director and Community Programs Coordinator for Olympia PD. To register for our 11am Pacific Time Crime Prevention Thursday Session, please go here.
Crime Prevention Conference
We are excited about what we have in store for you at our annual Crime Prevention Conference September 17-18, 2024, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Wenatchee. Some of the workshops we have planned for you include:
- Preparing Schools for an Active Shooter event
- Conducting a School CPTED Assessment
- Volunteer Programs
- Dealing with Chronic Nuisance Properties
- Community Assisted Response & Engagement (CARE) Department: Seattle’s 3rd Public Safety Department
- Cyberfraud Awareness and Prevention
- Scaling Up Your Community Police/Citizen’s Academy
Workshop details and conference schedule will be forthcoming. Thank you to those who have already registered for the conference. For those that have yet to register, you can do so here.
Annual Awards are back!
After a few years’ hiatus, we are bringing back our annual Crime Prevnetion Awards, which will be presented at our conference on Wednesday the 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. We rely on you to nominate these programs and individuals to be awarded. To nominate an award recipient, please go here.
The Role of the Mental Wellness Field in Prevention
From our friend Salliejo Evers from Homeland, is an announcement regarding an upcoming webinar on Tuesday, April 16th, 10am Pacific time. Please see below.
That’s all we have for you today. I look forward to seeing some of you at Gonzaga, and others of you on Crime Prevention Thursday
Thank you for all you do in your communities.
Mark
Thank you for all you do in your communities.
Mark
January 2024
Dear Members and Friends,
Welcome to 2024!
2023 was a momentous year for the Washington State Crime Prevention Association. We conducted two CPTED certification courses (Issaquah in March and Everett in October), held a 40-hour Basic Crime Prevention Course in Richland in June, and our annual Crime Prevention Conference in Olympia in September. We have also hosted our Crime Prevention Thursday sessions to bring you subject matter experts in a variety of fields to provide education and resources for you to use in your communities.
As we come into 2024, I want to share a few items with you.
First, our next Crime Prevention Thursday of 2024 will be on February 15th at 11:00am-12:00pm. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent Jesse Miller will be our featured speaker and will be discussing Project iGuardian. Project iGuardian is presented by HSI Special Agents in partnership with local law enforcement. Project iGuardian is designed to inform students, parents, educators, and law enforcement about the risks that children face in the online environment. Special Agent Miller will also discuss the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) Netsmartz program.
As we look at future crime prevention Thursday topics, we have some of the following: cyber fraud, CPTED for multi-family housing units; Business crime Prevention/Business watch best practices; construction suite security.
Secondly, our 46th Annual Crime Prevention Conference is September 17-18, 2024. The two-day conference will run Tuesday and Wednesday and will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Wenatchee, WA. You can register for the conference and book your room here.
We are accepting workshop proposals for the Conference. Share your expertise and present at the 2024 Crime Prevention Conference! You can submit your workshop proposal directly to us at info@wscpa.net. The submission deadline is March 31, 2024.
Please Renew Your Membership!
Thank you to all who have joined the WSCPA as new members for 2024. For those who have yet to renew their individual or agency membership, we ask that you do so this month. Our organization relies on your membership dues to help us keep the doors open. The major benefits of membership are: access to members-only WSCPA Crime Prevention materials; access to the WSCPA YouTube Channel where you can view previous Crime Prevention Thursday Offerings; discounts on all WSCPA Trainings and conferences; and access to the wide network of the 114+ agencies and several hundred individuals throughout Washington State (and beyond!) that connect through the WSCPA. Individual memberships are $35/year and agency/organizational memberships are $199/year. To renew, or to become a new member of the WSCPA, please go here.
Thank you for all you do for your communities.
We hope to see you soon. In the meantime, Take Care and Stay Safe!
Mark
Welcome to 2024!
2023 was a momentous year for the Washington State Crime Prevention Association. We conducted two CPTED certification courses (Issaquah in March and Everett in October), held a 40-hour Basic Crime Prevention Course in Richland in June, and our annual Crime Prevention Conference in Olympia in September. We have also hosted our Crime Prevention Thursday sessions to bring you subject matter experts in a variety of fields to provide education and resources for you to use in your communities.
As we come into 2024, I want to share a few items with you.
First, our next Crime Prevention Thursday of 2024 will be on February 15th at 11:00am-12:00pm. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent Jesse Miller will be our featured speaker and will be discussing Project iGuardian. Project iGuardian is presented by HSI Special Agents in partnership with local law enforcement. Project iGuardian is designed to inform students, parents, educators, and law enforcement about the risks that children face in the online environment. Special Agent Miller will also discuss the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) Netsmartz program.
As we look at future crime prevention Thursday topics, we have some of the following: cyber fraud, CPTED for multi-family housing units; Business crime Prevention/Business watch best practices; construction suite security.
Secondly, our 46th Annual Crime Prevention Conference is September 17-18, 2024. The two-day conference will run Tuesday and Wednesday and will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Wenatchee, WA. You can register for the conference and book your room here.
We are accepting workshop proposals for the Conference. Share your expertise and present at the 2024 Crime Prevention Conference! You can submit your workshop proposal directly to us at info@wscpa.net. The submission deadline is March 31, 2024.
Please Renew Your Membership!
Thank you to all who have joined the WSCPA as new members for 2024. For those who have yet to renew their individual or agency membership, we ask that you do so this month. Our organization relies on your membership dues to help us keep the doors open. The major benefits of membership are: access to members-only WSCPA Crime Prevention materials; access to the WSCPA YouTube Channel where you can view previous Crime Prevention Thursday Offerings; discounts on all WSCPA Trainings and conferences; and access to the wide network of the 114+ agencies and several hundred individuals throughout Washington State (and beyond!) that connect through the WSCPA. Individual memberships are $35/year and agency/organizational memberships are $199/year. To renew, or to become a new member of the WSCPA, please go here.
Thank you for all you do for your communities.
We hope to see you soon. In the meantime, Take Care and Stay Safe!
Mark
November 2023
Dear Members and Friends –
It has been a very active time for the Washington State Crime Prevention Association.
CPTED Certification Course
This October, we held our 2nd WSCPA CPTED Certification course for 2023, hosted by the Everett Police Department. We are grateful to Everett PD for hosting and thank all of those who attended. The breadth of our class participants was inspiring, from Law Enforcement to Code Enforcement, from School Districts to Business Improvement Areas. Attendees travelled from Banbridge, Bellingham, Edmonds, Everett, Federal Way, Puyallup, Redmond, and Tacoma. Even Bently (and his human, Rebekah) travelled from Olympia to be with us!
45th Annual Crime Prevention Conference
In September, we held the 45th Annual WSCPA Crime Prevention Conference in Olympia. We had an incredible array of work workshops, presenters, and vendors. It was great to see you all there. A special thanks to all who attended, to the Olympia Hotel at Capitol Lake for hosting us, and to our very special Keynote Speaker, Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison.
We have uploaded pdfs of the workshop presentations to our webpage. You can find them by going to the ‘Conferences’ tab on our website and selecting ‘2023 Workshop Presentations’. If you missed the conference, or want to refresh yourself with what was presented, please visit this page. We hope to add more presentations soon.
It has been a very active time for the Washington State Crime Prevention Association.
CPTED Certification Course
This October, we held our 2nd WSCPA CPTED Certification course for 2023, hosted by the Everett Police Department. We are grateful to Everett PD for hosting and thank all of those who attended. The breadth of our class participants was inspiring, from Law Enforcement to Code Enforcement, from School Districts to Business Improvement Areas. Attendees travelled from Banbridge, Bellingham, Edmonds, Everett, Federal Way, Puyallup, Redmond, and Tacoma. Even Bently (and his human, Rebekah) travelled from Olympia to be with us!
45th Annual Crime Prevention Conference
In September, we held the 45th Annual WSCPA Crime Prevention Conference in Olympia. We had an incredible array of work workshops, presenters, and vendors. It was great to see you all there. A special thanks to all who attended, to the Olympia Hotel at Capitol Lake for hosting us, and to our very special Keynote Speaker, Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison.
We have uploaded pdfs of the workshop presentations to our webpage. You can find them by going to the ‘Conferences’ tab on our website and selecting ‘2023 Workshop Presentations’. If you missed the conference, or want to refresh yourself with what was presented, please visit this page. We hope to add more presentations soon.
Other Updates
2024 Crime Prevention Conference
Our 46th Annual Crime Prevention Conference will be September 17-18, 2024, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Wenatchee, WA. We are excited to bring together a diverse group of professionals to identify pathways to advance crime prevention. The registration link for the September 2024 conference will be live shortly.
Seeking 2024 Conference Presenters
Are you passionate about Crime Prevention? Do you have a unique initiative you are working on or success you’d like to share? WSCPA is now accepting session proposals for the September 2024 Conference in Wenatchee. Share your expertise and present at the 2024 Crime Prevention Conference! You can submit your workshop proposal directly to us at info@wscpa.net. Submission deadline is March 31, 2024.
Crime Prevention Thursdays
Crime Prevention Thursdays will resume on Thursday January 18, 2024. The first Crime Prevention Thursday of 2024 will be our quarterly statewide Check-in. Please join us to share what's been happening in your communities, things you are working on, or areas in which you might need assistance. Please register for January’s session here. If you have ideas for future crime Prevention Thursday topics, or have a topic you would like to present, please let us know by emailing us directly.
Please Renew Your Membership!
As we will soon close out 2023, we ask that you renew your WSCPA membership for 2024. As reminder, the major benefits of membership are: Access to members-only WSCPA Crime Prevention materials; access to the WSCPA YouTube Channel where you can view previous Crime Prevention Thursday Offerings; discounts on all WSCPA Trainings and conferences, and; access to the wide network of the 114+ agencies and several hundred individuals throughout Washington State (and beyond!) that connect through the WSCPA. Individual memberships are $35/year and agency/organizational memberships are $199/year. To renew, or to become a new member of the WSCPA, please go here.
Thank you for all you do for your communities. We hope to see you soon. In the meantime, Take Care and Stay Safe!
Mark
Our 46th Annual Crime Prevention Conference will be September 17-18, 2024, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Wenatchee, WA. We are excited to bring together a diverse group of professionals to identify pathways to advance crime prevention. The registration link for the September 2024 conference will be live shortly.
Seeking 2024 Conference Presenters
Are you passionate about Crime Prevention? Do you have a unique initiative you are working on or success you’d like to share? WSCPA is now accepting session proposals for the September 2024 Conference in Wenatchee. Share your expertise and present at the 2024 Crime Prevention Conference! You can submit your workshop proposal directly to us at info@wscpa.net. Submission deadline is March 31, 2024.
Crime Prevention Thursdays
Crime Prevention Thursdays will resume on Thursday January 18, 2024. The first Crime Prevention Thursday of 2024 will be our quarterly statewide Check-in. Please join us to share what's been happening in your communities, things you are working on, or areas in which you might need assistance. Please register for January’s session here. If you have ideas for future crime Prevention Thursday topics, or have a topic you would like to present, please let us know by emailing us directly.
Please Renew Your Membership!
As we will soon close out 2023, we ask that you renew your WSCPA membership for 2024. As reminder, the major benefits of membership are: Access to members-only WSCPA Crime Prevention materials; access to the WSCPA YouTube Channel where you can view previous Crime Prevention Thursday Offerings; discounts on all WSCPA Trainings and conferences, and; access to the wide network of the 114+ agencies and several hundred individuals throughout Washington State (and beyond!) that connect through the WSCPA. Individual memberships are $35/year and agency/organizational memberships are $199/year. To renew, or to become a new member of the WSCPA, please go here.
Thank you for all you do for your communities. We hope to see you soon. In the meantime, Take Care and Stay Safe!
Mark
August 2023
Washington State Crime Prevention Association Conference
Dear Members and Friends –
We hope your Summer has been well and that you had great Night Out Against Crime events.
With our annual Crime Prevention Conference just one month away, we wanted to get our draft schedule out to you now so you can see what offerings we have for you. Please see below.
Additionally, we’ve included the conference flyer for you that has the conference and hotel registration information. Please make your conference and room reservations as soon as you can; the hotel is only holding a certain number of rooms for us at this rate.
And if you need additional incentive to come to the conference, take a look at the raffle items we’ve secured. Here’s the thing about the raffle; we are not asking you to buy tickets. We are saying that for every conference workshop evaluation you fill out, you will receive a raffle ticket. In addition to maybe picking up a bag of coffee, a Chick-fil-A gift card, a swag basket from Elysian Brewing, and other items (more to come), you could also win a signed picture of Seattle Storm Guard Jewell Loyd and four tickets to a 2024 Storm home game. Or you could walk away with a Seattle Kraken hockey stick signed by the 2022-2023 team roster. Have we got your attention now?
Please join us! We’d love to see you at our conference.
Mark A. Solomon, CPD, PSP
President, Washington State Crime Prevention Association
Dear Members and Friends –
We hope your Summer has been well and that you had great Night Out Against Crime events.
With our annual Crime Prevention Conference just one month away, we wanted to get our draft schedule out to you now so you can see what offerings we have for you. Please see below.
Additionally, we’ve included the conference flyer for you that has the conference and hotel registration information. Please make your conference and room reservations as soon as you can; the hotel is only holding a certain number of rooms for us at this rate.
And if you need additional incentive to come to the conference, take a look at the raffle items we’ve secured. Here’s the thing about the raffle; we are not asking you to buy tickets. We are saying that for every conference workshop evaluation you fill out, you will receive a raffle ticket. In addition to maybe picking up a bag of coffee, a Chick-fil-A gift card, a swag basket from Elysian Brewing, and other items (more to come), you could also win a signed picture of Seattle Storm Guard Jewell Loyd and four tickets to a 2024 Storm home game. Or you could walk away with a Seattle Kraken hockey stick signed by the 2022-2023 team roster. Have we got your attention now?
Please join us! We’d love to see you at our conference.
Mark A. Solomon, CPD, PSP
President, Washington State Crime Prevention Association
July 2023
Dear Members and Friends
40-Hour Basic Crime Prevention Certification Training.
Our thanks to the Richland Police Department for hosting our 40-Hour Basic Crime Prevention certification course June 19-23, 2023. We are so grateful to them for their hospitality. Great participation from agencies from all over Washington State, from Anacortes to Spokane, Mattawa to Federal Way, and all points in between. Please welcome our 21 newly certified Crime Prevention Specialists!
WSCPA Annual Crime Prevention Conference
Our annual Crime Prevention Conference will be held at the Olympia Hotel at Capitol Lake in Olympia Washington, September 19-20, 2023. We have an exciting lineup planned for you and hope that you can join us. For a tentative schedule of offerings, please go here. To find conference registration and hotel information, please go here.
CPTED Certification Class
Because of the overwhelming interest in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Certification class we held in Issaquah in March, we are holding a second CPTED Certification Class this calendar year. This class will be hosted by the Everett Police Department, October 17-19, 2023, at their South Precinct (1121 SE Everett Mall Way, Everett, WA 98208). You will find the training announcement and registration link here. As of this writing, there are 15 participants registered for this class. We are capping registration to 30 attendees, so if you are interested in receiving this training, please sign up soon.
Crime Prevention Thursdays
Due to upcoming events (Night Out Against Crime/National Night Out, the Annual Crime Prevention Conference and the upcoming CPTED Certification training) Crime Prevention Thursdays will be on hiatus until November 16, 2023. We would like your feedback as to the subjects we’ve covered to date and would like to hear from you about topics you’d like to have covered. Please feel free to email us directly at info@wscpa.net, or contact us at the conference or the CPTED training.
Thank you, everyone. We appreciate everything you do for our communities.
Be Well and Stay Safe!
Mark
40-Hour Basic Crime Prevention Certification Training.
Our thanks to the Richland Police Department for hosting our 40-Hour Basic Crime Prevention certification course June 19-23, 2023. We are so grateful to them for their hospitality. Great participation from agencies from all over Washington State, from Anacortes to Spokane, Mattawa to Federal Way, and all points in between. Please welcome our 21 newly certified Crime Prevention Specialists!
WSCPA Annual Crime Prevention Conference
Our annual Crime Prevention Conference will be held at the Olympia Hotel at Capitol Lake in Olympia Washington, September 19-20, 2023. We have an exciting lineup planned for you and hope that you can join us. For a tentative schedule of offerings, please go here. To find conference registration and hotel information, please go here.
CPTED Certification Class
Because of the overwhelming interest in Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Certification class we held in Issaquah in March, we are holding a second CPTED Certification Class this calendar year. This class will be hosted by the Everett Police Department, October 17-19, 2023, at their South Precinct (1121 SE Everett Mall Way, Everett, WA 98208). You will find the training announcement and registration link here. As of this writing, there are 15 participants registered for this class. We are capping registration to 30 attendees, so if you are interested in receiving this training, please sign up soon.
Crime Prevention Thursdays
Due to upcoming events (Night Out Against Crime/National Night Out, the Annual Crime Prevention Conference and the upcoming CPTED Certification training) Crime Prevention Thursdays will be on hiatus until November 16, 2023. We would like your feedback as to the subjects we’ve covered to date and would like to hear from you about topics you’d like to have covered. Please feel free to email us directly at info@wscpa.net, or contact us at the conference or the CPTED training.
Thank you, everyone. We appreciate everything you do for our communities.
Be Well and Stay Safe!
Mark