City of Reading Police Department - Crime Prevention
Program
The
McGruff Files - Your Inside Look At Crime Prevention
(Adobe PDF)
Presentations
Home Safety
Personal Safety
Senior Safety
Burglary Prevention
Robbery Prevention
Rape/Date Rape
Retail Theft (Shoplifting)
Employee Theft |
Fraud and Con Games
Drug Prevention
Violence in the Workplace
McGruff Child Programs
Stranger Safety
Drug Prevention
Bike Safety
Kid-Card, child identification
Security Surveys |
Trained officers are available to come
to your home or business to conduct security surveys.
The officers will determine physical and procedural risks
and offer cost-effective recommendations to improve security.
Operation Identification
You engrave your Pennsylvania Driver's/Operator's License
Number on your personal property. Then you place a small
Operation I.D. decal on exterior doors and windows warning
housebreakers that all valuables on the premises are marked
for easy identification. Everyone is urged to participate.
The program is designed to help protect your business
as well as your home. Electric engravers are available
for loan, free of charge, so that you may engrave your
personal belongings to deter theft and facilitate the
return of stolen property. We also provide Operation I.D.
stickers.
Tours
Tours of City Hall and the Police Department are available
for interested groups of adults or children
Crime Watch
A program involving the joint efforts of the police department
and the community designed to enhance neighborhood security,
heighten the community's power of observation and to encourage
mutual assistance and concern among neighbors.
There are twelve (12) Crime Watch areas designated for
the city. Pairs of volunteers patrol these areas and report
any observed crimes or suspicious activity to a base station
located in the police department by two-way radio. The
base station is operated by volunteers under police guidance.
Regular meeting of the Crime Watch groups are conducted
to provide crime prevention education and to have an exchange
of information between the community and the police. |
