Crime Prevention Tips & Tools
- Preventing Home & Auto Break-ins
- Tips for a Safe and Successful Garage Sale
- Tips When Reporting an Incident to 9-1-1
Services That We Provide:
• Home, apartment and business security surveys
- We come out and meet you at your location and walk through the property and (if you wish) building to provide suggestions for improving resistance to burglary and other criminal activity
• Support for the Crime Free Multi-Housing program
• Crime prevention presentations for your community group or business
- Is there a crime prevention or personal safety topic you would like to see addressed at your workplace or community group? We are able to attend a meeting and give a presentation on a topic of your choice.
• Staff to attend community meetings regarding policing or crime prevention topics
- If your neighborhood or business group has questions about crime prevention and would like us to attend to answer questions or speak at the meeting we can do that.
• Citizen’s Police Academy
• Assist with set-up and support of Neighborhood and Business Watch groups
- If you are looking to start a new Block Watch, revitalize an existing one, or would like additional information to provide to your neighborhood or business watch group give us a call.
- See below for information on the Crime Prevention classes offered free of charge and tailored for Neighborhood watch groups
• Coordination of Tukwila’s National Night Out Against Crime Event
• Crime Prevention materials available on request include:
- Identity theft prevention
- Avoiding road rage
- Getting to your car safely
- Internet Safety agreements for families with children
- Interactive game to teach safety to younger children
- Safe shopping tips
- Burglary prevention
- Garage Sale safety tips
- How to start a neighborhood watch
- Sexual Assault prevention
- Pros and cons of carrying weapons
Crime Free Multi-Housing Program
The TUKWILA CRIME FREE MULTI-HOUSING PROGRAM was designed to help tenants, owners, and the managers
of rental property keep drugs and other illegal activity off their property.
This program is honest and direct. It is solution oriented and proven to be effective. It is
designed to be easy, yet effective in reducing the incident of crime in rental property.
The program utilizes a unique three-part approach, which ensures the crime prevention goal, while
maintaining an approach which is very tenant-friendly.
Phase One involves an eight-hour landlord training seminar presented by the police department. Phase
Two will certify that the rental property has met the security requirements for the tenants’ safety.
In Phase Three, a tenant crime prevention meeting will be conducted for full certification, and the
managers will be granted the use of large metal signs for display on the property. The management
will also be granted the use of the program logo in all advertisements.
Current Crime Free Multi-Housing Certified properties are:
- Pyramid Pointe Apartments
- Riverton Ridge Apartments
- San Juan South Apartments
A certified CFMH property can be identified by this sign posted near the driveway:
Citizen's Police Academy
Winter 2010 Citizen's Police Academy Class with Chief Haynes
This is a 12-week program providing Tukwila residents and merchants with first hand information about the operations of Tukwila Police Department. This program is designed to strengthen the working relationship vital to problem solving and quality of life issues in our community.
♦ View/Print the 2010 Citizen's Police Academy Flyer.
♦ View/Print the 2010 Citizen's Police Academy Application.
Night Out Against Crime
Each year, hundreds of Tukwila residents join their neighbors in
celebrating an evening of fun while sending the message to criminals that they are not welcome in Tukwila!
NNO is an annual event celebrated across the U.S., Canada and military installations. The evening is set-aside for
residents to come together to meet one another and share crime prevention tips. Tukwila Police and Fire Departments
as well as City Council members, Code Enforcement officers and Tukwila Human Services representatives visit each
neighborhood event that “registers” their event.
Block Watch Program
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Block Watch is the corner stone of community involvement. Not only does it prevent and detect crime, but it is the essence of neighbor helping neighbor in the most positive of ways. Don't know the family across the street and two doors down? Start or join a block watch...let the fun begin! |
Crime Prevention Training
Graduates of the Crime Prevention Training Class
In support of our Block Watch members and Captains, the Tukwila Police Department offers a program of Crime Prevention Training. There are currently no training classes scheduled. When new classes become available, sign-up information will be posted below.
For information about these or other Crime Prevention Programs, please contact our Chris Partman, Community Policing Coordinator, at 206 431-2197, cpartman@ci.tukwila.wa.us OR Gerry Myklebust at the Neighborhood Resource Center (Tukwila Intl Blvd) at 206 243-6506, gmyklebust@ci.tukwila.wa.us
