Crime Free Multi-Housing Program

 

The Mesa Police Department has implemented the Tri-Star Program, which is very simlar to and replacing the Crime Free program. Please view the information on this program and contact the appropriate crime prevention officer for your area if you are interested in participating.

 

 

Benefits
  • A stable, more satisfied tenant base
  • Increased demand for rental units with a reputation for active management
  • Lower maintenance and repair costs
  • Increased property values
  • Improved personal safety for tenants, landlords and managers

Costs of Drug Activity in Rental Property

When drug criminals and other destructive tenants operate out of rental property, neighborhoods suffer and landlords pay a high price. That price may include:

  • Decline in property values -- particularly when the activity begins affecting the reputation of the neighborhood
  • Property damage arising from abuse, retaliation, or neglect; property damage from police raids
  • Fire resulting from manufacturing or growing operations
  • Civil penalties, including temporary closure of the property -- or even property seizure
  • Loss of rent during the eviction and repair periods
  • Fear and frustration when dealing with dangerous and threatening tenants. Increased resentment and anger between neighbors and property managers
  • The loss of other valued tenants

What You'll Learn

Prevention & Applicant Screening

  • How code compliance (preparing the property) can protect your rights as a landlord
  • Benefits of applicant screening
  • Tips to strengthen rental agreements
  • How to become a proactive property manager
  • Maintaining a fire safe environment
  • Development of life safety awareness

 

Drug Nuisance Abatement

  • Warning signs of drug activity
  • Actions you must take if you discover your tenant or tenant's guests are conducting illegal activities at your property
  • Role of the police
  • Crisis resolution and the eviction process

 

Resource Materials

  • 100-page manual with additional community resources for tenants, landlords, and property managers
  • A manual addressing fire and life safety awareness for tenants, landlords, and property managers
  • Many other FREE materials will be available at class time

Crime Free Lease Addendum

One of the tools of the Crime Free Multi-Housing Program is the Crime Free Lease Addendum. In some states, the Addendum has been adapted to state statute.

Training

The Mesa Crime Free Multi-Housing Program was designed to help tenants, owners, and the managers of rental property keep drugs and other illegal activity off their property.

This program is honest and direct. It is solution oriented. It is designed to be easy, yet very effective in reducing the incident of crime in rental property.

The program utilizes a unique three-part approach which ensures the crime prevention goal while maintaining an approach which is very tenant-friendly. When each phase is completed, a certificate of completion is awarded.

PHASE ONE involves an 8 hour seminar presented by the police department.

PHASE TWO will certify that the rental property has met the security requirements for the tenants' safety.

In PHASE THREE a tenant crime prevention meeting will be conducted for full certification, and the managers will be granted the use of large metal signs for display on the property. The management will also be granted the use of the program logo in all advertisements.

After a property is fully certified, it is necessary for management to host one safety-related crime prevention meeting with the residents each year to renew their membership in the Crime Free Multi-Housing program. They will be issued a gold certificate which expires 12 months after the crime prevention meeting.

 

If you are interested in participating in the Crime Free Multi-Housing Program, please contact your crime prevention officer.

 

 

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Mesa Police Department
Crime Free Multi-Housing Program
PO Box 1466
Mesa, AZ 85211