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DEPARTMENT HOSTED AN EVENT AIMED AT REDUCING CRIME ACROSS THE CITY. PROPERTY MANAGERS SPENT THE DAY LEARNING HOW TO BEST SECURE THEIR BUILDINGS. ����vlog OLIVIA TYLER TELLS US WHAT THEY ARE LEARNING AND HOW IT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. HERE, LOCAL PROPERTY MANAGERS ARE GETTING A CRASH COURSE IN CRIME PREVENTION. IT’S PART OF A NATIONWIDE PUSH TO MAKE RENTAL COMMUNITIES SAFER. AND IT ALL STARTS WITH WHAT FOLKS ARE LEARNING INSIDE THE CRIME FREE MULTI-HOUSING PROGRAM IS A TEACHING DAY DESIGNED TO HELP REDUCE CRIME, DRUGS AND GANG ACTIVITY AT RENTAL PROPERTIES. WHAT THEY CAN DO AND CAN’T DO’S ARE OF EVERYTHING FROM BASICALLY WHEN THEY RECEIVE AN APPLICATION ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THEY MAY HAVE TO DO A LEASE TERMINATION OR EVICTION. THE EVENT WAS OPEN TO EVERYONE LANDLORDS, MAINTENANCE, PERSONNEL AND LEASING AGENTS LEARNED EVERYTHING FROM PROPER SCREENING TECHNIQUES TO KEY CONTROL. WE ALSO TO BRING IN AN ATTORNEY WHO SPECIALIZES IN LANDLORD TENANT LAW AND THAT OPEN KIND OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO TALK TO AN ATTORNEY ABOUT SPECIFIC ISSUES THEY’VE BEEN HAVING. THERE’S THREE PHASES TO THE PROGRAM. FOR PHASE TWO, OFFICERS WILL COME TO THE PROPERTY, GO THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND DO RISK ASSESSMENT. SO SIMPLE THINGS LIKE TRIMMING BUSHES TO A HEIGHT OF NO HIGHER THAN THREE FEET, TREES NO LOWER THAN SEVEN FEET, ALLOWING VISIBILITY FOR RESIDENTS AND WHATNOT TO SEE PEOPLE BECAUSE CRIME TENDS TO LURK WHERE IT CAN’T BE SEEN, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT MUST ELECT TO HAVE THIS PHASE DONE. THE THIRD PHASE IS A SAFETY SOCIAL, AND WE CAN KIND OF INTERACT WITH THEIR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY, TALK ABOUT CONCERNS THAT THEY’RE HAVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SERGEANT MCGRAW SAYS COMMUNITY WITHIN A COMPLEX CAN HELP REDUCE CRIME, AND THAT’S WHY IT’S IMPORTANT FOR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE EVEN THOUGH IT’S A RENTAL AND YOU’RE, YOU KNOW, YOU DON’T OWN THAT PROPERTY, YOU STILL FEEL LIKE IT’S HOME TO YOU AND YOU’RE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY ONCE ALL THREE PHASES ARE COMPLETE, PROPERTIES WILL BE CERTIFIED. SERGEANT MCGRAW SAYS STATISTICS SHOW THAT PROPERTIES ACROSS THE NATION THAT HAVE COMPLETED ALL THREE PHASES DO HAVE REDUCED CRIME, WHICH IS THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM. IN ANKENY, OLIVIA T