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Crime Prevention

The Neenah Police Department Crime Prevention Program is focused on working with the community to develop partnerships designed to ultimately reduce crime. Our Community Policing Coordinator acts as a liaison to community groups and as the manager of our crime prevention programming. We partner with groups like the Neenah Joint School District, TRICOM, and the YMCA in order to address community concerns and provide education and resources to the community.

Crime prevention is central to our department’s commitment to community policing. By working together with the community we can improve the quality of life enjoyed by the citizens of Neenah. For more information, contact our community policing coordinator at (920) 886-6022.

As part of our ongoing commitment to working with the community, all our officers are involved in our different crime prevention activities. Crime Prevention Programming includes the following:

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Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is based on the principle that proper design and effective use of buildings and public spaces in neighborhoods can lead to a reduction in the fear and incidence of crime, and an improvement in the quality of life.  Learn how to assess conditions in your neighborhood and apply practical access control (doors, fences), surveillance (lighting, windows, landscaping), territorial reinforcement (signs, sidewalks, ordinances), and maintenance (code enforcement, community clean ups) to improve your community, your neighborhood, and/or your home.

 

For additional resources, visit the Wisconsin Crime Prevention Practitioners Association (WCPPA).

What is Crime Stoppers?

Crime Stoppers is a cooperative effort between law enforcement agencies, the business community, the news media, and the public, which provides law enforcement agencies with the information they need to solve crimes. 

Crime Stoppers encourages people to provide tips that can be vital in the successful solution of a crime by offering cash rewards for tips which lead to the arrest and/or indictment of felony or misdemeanor suspects, and by guaranteeing that the tipster’s identity remains unknown.

How Does It Work?

When a person contacts Crime Stoppers through the anonymous tip line or website, and the information leads to an arrest, they become eligible for a CASH reward up to $1,000 Dollars. The 24 hour, 7 days a week Crime Stopper telephone maintains a caller’s anonymity by assigning a secret code number which is used in the subsequent CASH reward.

Park Watch Program

The Park Watch program was designed for the municipalities within Winnebago County to curb the incidents of vandalism and theft in area parks. 

Special Park Watch signs displaying the Winnebago CountyWide Crime Stoppers anonymous text tip information and phone line are posted in every park within Winnebago County. 

Can I Text My Tip?

Tipsters now have the option of texting tips through their cell phone.

Text “IGOTYA plus your message” to 274637 or CRIMES

More information can be found at: http://www.winnebagocrimestoppers.org

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