Orange County Community Safety Partnership

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Orange County Community Safety Partnership

• Getting the Program Started

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Objectives

• You will learn the purpose of the Community
  Safety Partnership
• You will learn the strategy for implementing the
  program
• You will learn what is expected of you as a
  participant in the program

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What is the purpose of the Orange County
Community Safety Partnership?
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Purpose

• Additional eyes and ears to help deter criminal
  activity and identify potential hazards and
  emergencies (accidents, fires)
• Enhance the delivery of services to the public
• Enhance cooperation between a variety of
  agencies, both public and private

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Strategy

• Businesses and government agencies that have
  two-way communications are organized to report
  dangerous or suspicious situations.

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Key Participants

• Public Employees working in a public setting
  (Inspections, Public Works, Transit)
• Utilities (OWASA, Hillsborough Water and Sewer)
• Emergency Responders (Police, Fire, EMS)
• 911 Telecommunications

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Key Mechanisms

• Mark vehicles with Community Safety Logo
• Organize and train employees
• Promote through media outlets
• Track and evaluate effectiveness

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Role of Participant

• Describe incident
• Give location
• Advise of injuries
• Describe suspect/suspect vehicle
• Directions of travel
• Why suspicious
• Assist children
• Accident assistance

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What is suspicious activity?

• Anything that seems out of place or is occurring
  at an unusual time of day. When in doubt, call!
• Persons entering or leaving a business
  establishment after hours
• Sounds of breaking glass or screaming
• Persons walking through yards of residential
  areas or seeming out of place

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What is suspicious activity?

• Persons loitering around schools, parks or
  secluded areas
• Parked vehicles that are occupied at unusual
  locations or unusual times
• Persons appearing to be looking into parked
  vehicles
• Persons appearing to be attempting to conceal
  something

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Description of Person

• Race/Sex
• Age  
• Height/Weight
• Hair
• Eyes  
• Facial Hair
• Complexion  
•  Mannerism

• Hat  
• Glasses  
• Coat/Jacket  
• Shirt  
• Pants
• Shoes  
• Scars/Tattoos
• Statements

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Description of Vehicles

• Vehicle Type (car, truck, van)
• Year
• Make
• Model
• Color
• License Number

• License plate state
• Body Style (2 door/4 door)
• Number of Occupants
• Direction of Travel
• Other distinctive factors (bumper stickers, etc.)

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Other incidents to report

• Motor vehicle accidents
• Reckless/impaired drivers
• In progress crimes, such as assaults
• Audible alarm
• Overcrowding of bars, restaurants, etc.
• Blocked/Obstructed fire hydrants
• Damage to fire fighting equipment (i.e. FDCs on
  buildings, etc)

• Parking in fire lanes.
• Illegal burning
• Environmental issues (i.e. hazardous materials
  leaking/dumping/runoff)
• Other hazardous conditions, such as downed wires,
  smoke or odors.
• Water supply issues
• Others

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We need your help!

• System Security
• only OWASA employees around water storage tanks,
  treatment plants and pump stations
• only OWASA employees operating valves,
  installing/repairing water meters, etc.
• Public Safety
• missing/loose manhole covers
• sink holes, pavement failure around water/sewer
  lines
• System Integrity
• wet pavement/ground when it hasnt rained
• water should not be coming out of a manholes or
  valve boxes

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How to report

• Call 911, or have dispatcher call
• Give name, agency, and that you are a SafeWatch
  caller
• Give complete detailed information including
  (especially important if relaying through a
  dispatch point)

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Needed information

• Type of incident
• Location
• Time of incident, i.e. happening now, just
  happened, or happened in the past
• Any suspect, suspect vehicle and direction of
  travel, if applicable
• Victim information
• Any injuries, nature and any other issues such as
  road blockage or fluid spills
• Stay on the line and if possible, at scene until
  help arrives

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Other Considerations

• DO NOT attempt to take action on your own! Wait
  for help.
• Do not place victims or children in your vehicle
  unless necessary for security or comfort (extreme
  weather or other factors)

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• Questions
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Summary

• You have learned what the Community Safety
  Partnership is.
• You have learned the strategy for implementing
  the Community Safety Partnership.
• You have learned what is expected of a
  participant in the program.

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Contact Information

• Lt. Pat Burns
• Chapel Hill Police Department
• 969-2068
• Officer Paul Atherton
• Carrboro Police Department
• 918-7402