Update From President Mark Solomon
January 2022
Dear Members and Friends –
Welcome to 2022! 2021 was challenging for many of us and our agencies. As Jim Sawyer, head of security for Seattle Children’s Hospital and one of our past Presidents noted, “These past two years could not have been scripted by Stephen King and H.P Lovecraft collaborating after an all-night bender.”
That being said, the Washington State Crime Prevention Association was hard at work serving you:
• Realizing the financial burdens many of our individual and agency members faced, we suspended membership dues for individuals and agencies through the end of 2021.
• We launched our on-line training offerings with a training on Implicit Bias. This training is still available, and we are exploring other on-line offerings to offer for our members.
• We held on-line listening sessions for members and friends, to hear directly from you as to what you want the Association to do for you and where we can improve in our service delivery to you. We heard that feedback loud and clear and have worked to implement your suggestions.
• We launched Crime Prevention Thursdays, a monthly webinar for crime prevention specialists on several topics, ranging from Social Media Engagement to Holiday Safety Best Practices. These sessions are free to our members and are recorded so they can be accessed by our members for review at their convenience.
• We began facilitating quarterly, state-wide Crime Prevention Practitioners networking sessions, connecting practitioners from around the state to check in, provide updates on programs in our various regions, and facilitate a platform for Crime Prevention professionals to network and learn from each other.
• We partnered with the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs to bring our members a deep dive into recent Washington State Legislative changes and how that legislation (HB1054, E2SHB 1310 and others) have impacted Law Enforcement/Crime Prevention service delivery in your areas.
• We also undertook a complete rewrite of our 40-hour basic Crime Prevention course and have begun similar updates to our Crime Prevention Through Community Engagement and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design programs to ensure they are current, reflect best practices, and are tailored specifically for us here in Washington State.
Looking forward to 2022, we have laid the groundwork for a banner year for you:
• We will continue our Crime Prevention Thursdays and quarterly statewide networking sessions. Please check our calendar for upcoming offerings. As a reminder, these sessions are free to our membership, will be recorded, and will be available for review when convenient for our members.
• We will be offering an in-person 40-Hour Basic Crime Prevention course the week of March 14, 2022, hosted by the Redmond Police Department. You may register for this training here. COVID safety protocols (masks required, distancing in the training facility) will be observed. Because of COVID safety protocols, class participation will be capped at 30 participants.
• We will be providing Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Training for the American Association of Code Enforcement at both their Spring and Fall conferences.
• In September of 2022, we are planning to host an in-person Fall Crime Prevention Conference at the Mirabeau Park Hotel & Convention Center in Spokane Valley, WA. We want this conference to be worth your while, so here is my ask of you: please email me directly as to what offerings you would like at this conference. What topics would you like to get training on or have featured? Stay tuned for more information about the Fall Conference.
• We are looking for an agency, preferable on the western side of the state, to host either a Crime Prevention Through Community Engagement course (three-day) or a three-day Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design course. If your agency is so interested, please email me directly and we’ll get the planning underway.
Finally, we are asking you to become financially supporting members of the Washington State Crime Prevention Association once again. We have restructured our membership dues to make it more attainable for individuals and agencies – regardless of size – to join and remain members. Individual membership is set at $35 a year, renewable each January. Agency membership is $199 per year, also renewable each January. An agency membership allows an unlimited number of employees of that agency to take advantage of the benefits accorded that agency through its membership. As a member, or member agency, you receive the following:
• Discounted registration to trainings and our annual Crime Prevention Conference.
• Immense networking opportunities with Crime Prevention Professionals throughout Washington and beyond.
• Access to members-only collection of crime prevention training materials.
• Regional liaison who can assist with best practices and information sharing in your specific area.
Membership dues, and training and conference fees, are the primary means of funding the Association. Without your financial support, we are not able to provide our services, so please, become a financial member today. To initiate your 2022 individual or agency membership, please go here. For an Agency membership please specify a point of contact.
Again, welcome to 2022. We look forward to the year to come and the work we can and will do together. Thank you for all you do for your Communities.
Take Care and Stay Safe!
Mark
Dear Members and Friends –
Welcome to 2022! 2021 was challenging for many of us and our agencies. As Jim Sawyer, head of security for Seattle Children’s Hospital and one of our past Presidents noted, “These past two years could not have been scripted by Stephen King and H.P Lovecraft collaborating after an all-night bender.”
That being said, the Washington State Crime Prevention Association was hard at work serving you:
• Realizing the financial burdens many of our individual and agency members faced, we suspended membership dues for individuals and agencies through the end of 2021.
• We launched our on-line training offerings with a training on Implicit Bias. This training is still available, and we are exploring other on-line offerings to offer for our members.
• We held on-line listening sessions for members and friends, to hear directly from you as to what you want the Association to do for you and where we can improve in our service delivery to you. We heard that feedback loud and clear and have worked to implement your suggestions.
• We launched Crime Prevention Thursdays, a monthly webinar for crime prevention specialists on several topics, ranging from Social Media Engagement to Holiday Safety Best Practices. These sessions are free to our members and are recorded so they can be accessed by our members for review at their convenience.
• We began facilitating quarterly, state-wide Crime Prevention Practitioners networking sessions, connecting practitioners from around the state to check in, provide updates on programs in our various regions, and facilitate a platform for Crime Prevention professionals to network and learn from each other.
• We partnered with the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs to bring our members a deep dive into recent Washington State Legislative changes and how that legislation (HB1054, E2SHB 1310 and others) have impacted Law Enforcement/Crime Prevention service delivery in your areas.
• We also undertook a complete rewrite of our 40-hour basic Crime Prevention course and have begun similar updates to our Crime Prevention Through Community Engagement and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design programs to ensure they are current, reflect best practices, and are tailored specifically for us here in Washington State.
Looking forward to 2022, we have laid the groundwork for a banner year for you:
• We will continue our Crime Prevention Thursdays and quarterly statewide networking sessions. Please check our calendar for upcoming offerings. As a reminder, these sessions are free to our membership, will be recorded, and will be available for review when convenient for our members.
• We will be offering an in-person 40-Hour Basic Crime Prevention course the week of March 14, 2022, hosted by the Redmond Police Department. You may register for this training here. COVID safety protocols (masks required, distancing in the training facility) will be observed. Because of COVID safety protocols, class participation will be capped at 30 participants.
• We will be providing Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Training for the American Association of Code Enforcement at both their Spring and Fall conferences.
• In September of 2022, we are planning to host an in-person Fall Crime Prevention Conference at the Mirabeau Park Hotel & Convention Center in Spokane Valley, WA. We want this conference to be worth your while, so here is my ask of you: please email me directly as to what offerings you would like at this conference. What topics would you like to get training on or have featured? Stay tuned for more information about the Fall Conference.
• We are looking for an agency, preferable on the western side of the state, to host either a Crime Prevention Through Community Engagement course (three-day) or a three-day Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design course. If your agency is so interested, please email me directly and we’ll get the planning underway.
Finally, we are asking you to become financially supporting members of the Washington State Crime Prevention Association once again. We have restructured our membership dues to make it more attainable for individuals and agencies – regardless of size – to join and remain members. Individual membership is set at $35 a year, renewable each January. Agency membership is $199 per year, also renewable each January. An agency membership allows an unlimited number of employees of that agency to take advantage of the benefits accorded that agency through its membership. As a member, or member agency, you receive the following:
• Discounted registration to trainings and our annual Crime Prevention Conference.
• Immense networking opportunities with Crime Prevention Professionals throughout Washington and beyond.
• Access to members-only collection of crime prevention training materials.
• Regional liaison who can assist with best practices and information sharing in your specific area.
Membership dues, and training and conference fees, are the primary means of funding the Association. Without your financial support, we are not able to provide our services, so please, become a financial member today. To initiate your 2022 individual or agency membership, please go here. For an Agency membership please specify a point of contact.
Again, welcome to 2022. We look forward to the year to come and the work we can and will do together. Thank you for all you do for your Communities.
Take Care and Stay Safe!
Mark
