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Everett Parks and Recreation Parks • Signage, maps and descriptive text promotes a greater 1. Natural Surveillance -A design concept directed sense of safety. Visitors feel greater control over their primarily at keeping intruders easily observable. environment when they know where they are and how Promoted by features that maximize visibility of people, to get to where they want to go. parking areas and building entrances: doors and • Provide access to assistance in the form of telephones windows that look out on to streets and parking areas; and parks staff when appropriate to provide a greater pedestrian-friendly sidewalks and streets; front porches; sense of well-being and safety. adequate nighttime lighting. • Activity and recreational programming can encourage positive use, increase surveillance, limit domination by 2. Territorial Reinforcement- Physical design can any one user group and reduce the possibility of create or extend a sphere of influence. Users then inappropriate behavior. Where people use parks in a develop a sense of territorial control while potential positive way and in substantial numbers, all people feel offenders, perceiving this control, are discouraged. more secure. Promoted by features that define property lines and • Citizen involvement fosters a sense of ownership and distinguish private spaces from public spaces using pride and builds a constituency of users with an landscape plantings, pavement designs, gateway interest in keeping parks safe. Inappropriate activities treatments, and "CPTED"fences. need to be discouraged because they result in a cycle of withdrawal from a park and hence a reduction in 3. Natural Access Control-A design concept directed positive use. primarily at decreasing crime opportunity by denying • Review development proposals with the police and fire access to crime targets and creating in offenders a departments to encourage input on safety issues and perception of risk. Gained by designing streets, access for emergencies. sidewalks, building entrances and neighborhood • Provide staff training in CPTED. gateways to clearly indicate public routes and discouraging access to private areas with structural elements. "CPTED is the proper design and effective use of the built environment which may lead to a reduction in the fear and incidence of crime, and an improvement of the quality of life."- 4. Target Hardening-Accomplished by features that National Crime Prevention Institute prohibit entry or access: fencing, window locks, dead bolts for doors, interior door hinges Graffiti Management The Four Strategies of CPTED (for more information go to www.thecptedpage.wsu.edu) Graffiti is a multifaceted problem requiring a range of actions to reduce the opportunities to tag and to respond and remove the graffiti in the field. 42 Everett Parks and Recreation