071106 Police ResortResort Operations
Issues, Challenges and Police Strategies
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Safety and Security Activity
Introduction
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Past Initiatives
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Statistical Data
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Cost of Enforcement Activity
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Safety and Security Assessment
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Recommendations
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7/13/20062
Introduction
Crowds and their management
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have always been a concern at the
Oceanfront in the city’s continued
efforts to develop and keep the
oceanfront a family friendly resort
This is an evolving challenge
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Akin to tending to a garden
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Requires constant attention.
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Oceanfront Initiatives -
Regulatory
Noise Enforcement
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Curfew Violations
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Cruising Ordinance
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Residential Parking
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Towing Enforcement
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Common Nuisance
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Initiatives -Intervention
ActivePassive
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ChaplainsSecurity Technology
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Youth InterventionLighting Upgrades
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Courtesy Patrol
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Deployment Methods
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OCOP
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ERTF
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Gun Interdiction
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Calls for Service by Hour
2Pct. May 2006
nd
350
300
250
200
Calls
150
100
50
0
4AM`6AM8AM10AMNoon2PM4PM6PM8PM10PMMid2AM
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Increasing Calls
for Service (Percentage)
2005 vs. 2006
7
6
5
1st & 4th
4
2nd
3rd
3
City
2
1
0
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Calls for Service by
District
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
BeachfrontBayside DistrictKempsville DistrictPrincess Anne DistrictRose Hall District
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Fight Calls
CADS DATA
The Beachfront Contributes
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about 16% of the calls for
90
service over fights.
80
DOJ studies indicated that
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large number of ABC
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venues contribute to high
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Beach
numbers of fights
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City
1608 Fights in 2005
30
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20
255 Beachfront
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10
772 Fights as of May 2006
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0
20052006
118
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Weapon Seizures
800
Weapons -1026
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700
Beachfront and
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adjacent area 239
600
500 Other areas 787
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Beach
400
April 05 to
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City
present.
300
Aggressive
200
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Interdiction
100
Program.
0
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Beachfront Statistical Data
April through September
YearFelonyMis.TrafficTotal
03125387834617464
04163432035858068
05214341835997231
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Beachfront Data by Blocks
April -September
Blocks030405
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1500575447
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1700117103148
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2100308312279
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2500684212
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2700253619
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3100842138
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1900 Parking388510380
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Arrest and Summon
Data by Select Times
Times030405
2300 –0200297134432438
% of Total40%43%34%
2400 –0200202222851696
% of Total27%28%23%
2300 –0200 3-yr average = 39%
2400 –0200 3-yr average = 26%
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Cost of Beachfront Enforcement
Activities
BureauOct –AprMay-SeptTotal
Patrol1,004,04120273823034423
SI58,52141800100321
Invest.283474202481485955
Hol OT828042828042
Total$1349035 $3099706 $4448741
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Safety and Security Assessment
Calls For Service
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Staffing
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Special Events
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Assessment (continued)
Human Components
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Traffic Components
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Environmental Components
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Crowd Management
Reduce the amount of time that
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individuals are exposed to crowd
Reduce crowd size –Parking
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Increase area crowd frequents
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Strategies to facilitate crowd
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movement and disbursement.
Moving with the disparate
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groups.
Helping vehicles egress from
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parking facilities.
Intervene with troublemakers.
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Virginia Beach has the largest
number of bars per capita than
any other jurisdiction in the
Commonwealth
One ABC Establishment for every 543 Residents.
(ABC Data-2003)
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ABC Establishments
At last count there
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were 76
establishments
authorized to
distribute alcoholic
beverages at the
Oceanfront.
200 17Street has
th
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5 Establishments.
2100 Atlantic also
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has 5.
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Bar Mitigation Strategies
ERTFABC
Routine Bar Checks
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Conducts State
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Underage Drinking
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inspectionsRegulatory
Agency
False ID’s
Identifies
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problems via Administrative
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nd
Reports to 2Pct
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reportsHearing
Liaison Officer & ABC
nd
City 2Pct has a
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Administrative Liaison Officer
Agency
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CPTED
Proper Design and effective use of
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the physical environment
CPTED principles attempts to
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reduce crime and its fear
Includes all persons as participants
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in preventing crime
Arrangement and use of space can
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encourage or discourage crime
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CPTED Cont.
We believe that CPTED principles should be
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considered in the earliest planning stages of all
new development to determine
Designation: intended use of space, behavior
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allowed and expected
Definition: limitations of the area; what activities
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are allowed; conflicts between uses
Design: Does the environment safely and
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efficiently support the intended use
Standards
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Conclusion
There is a two tiered strategy
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Behavioral Issues
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•Illegal
•Undesirable, not illegal
•Desirable
Seek to eliminate the underlying
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causes.
Community Policing Solution
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Recommendations
Develop standards for new construction that
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considers crime prevention aspects
Require CPTED principles be considered in
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all new development in the resort
Provide a Crime Prevention Specialist a
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seat at the table on RAC as an advisor for
future issues
Continue Lighting upgrades at the resort
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Recommendations (cont.)
Ensure land use policies and zoning changes
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support vision of the resort
Seek legislative changes to ABC
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enforcement and administration
Approve a conditional use permit for bars
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and nightclubs in the resort
Develop a strategic plan for the resort and
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use the plan as a filter for future decisions
and approvals.
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