Crime Prevention
The Mesa Police
Department has five crime prevention
officers who have all received International Crime Prevention
Specialist certification, as well as certification for
Crime Prevention Through Environmental
Design (CPTED). All are highly trained in specific areas of crime
prevention, including personal safety, senior safety, workplace violence
prevention and identity theft, to name a few.
They are here to help communities establish active
Neighborhood
Watch programs, assist businesses and homeowners with preventing crime,
and work with to address neighborhood issues and facilitate
problem-solving methods.
 Crime
prevention officers are assigned by Patrol District. To see if
you are in the Central, Dobson, Red Mountain, or Superstition District,
please refer to the PDF map at right or the boundaries below.
To request a presentation or to start a Neighborhood Watch in your area,
please contact the crime prevention officer for your police district.
Central
North of Broadway to city limits
West of Horne to city limits
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Dobson
South of Broadway to city limits
West of Horne to city limits |
Red Mountain
East of Horne and West of Higley
North and South to city limits |
Superstition
East of Higley to city limits
North and South to city limits |
Available Literature
There are over 65 brochures, many in
Spanish, available for you and your
organization. Some of the topics addressed in the brochures include home and
vehicle security, personal safety, protecting your children, protecting yourself from violence,
cybersafety, and different kinds of cons and frauds.
For a complete list of the available brochures please visit our
Literature
Available page.
Special Programs
The entire senior population in Mesa is please to have a crime prevention
officer who is directly involved in promoting senior safety as well as
stopping elder abuse. As part of the Attorney General's Office on Aging, the
Mesa Police Department is taking a leading role in the prevention of
elder
abuse, working to identify safety issues, and developing programs to assist
the elderly. For more information on senior safety and elder abuse please contact Crime Prevention
Officer Karen Stegenga at (480)
644-5014.
CPTED
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design,
or CPTED (pronounced sep-ted), is a program that is well underway in not only
businesses, but in communities, parks and facilities all around the city. The
program includes an assessment of the area, suggestions on improving the safety
through environmental design techniques (both to the inside and outside of the
property) and a walk-through to pinpoint specific target areas to address.
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