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CPTED Certified

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is a multi-disciplinary approach for reducing crime and fear of crime.

Changing or enhancing the physical environment of a property can reduce opportunities for crime to occur, building safer and more secure communities.

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About Benjamin

Florida CPTED Practitioner

I've been working in the law enforcement and crime prevention industry for over 10 years and currently provide professional consulting services throughout the state of Florida. I’ll work with you to create a customized plan of action for your business. Get in touch to learn more about the standard and custom packages I offer.

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More than just lighting...

To comply with HB 837 rule, your property must have the following:

Surveillance
Effective security cameras at all entry and exit points that record for at least 30 days
Parking lot adequately illuminated to 1.8 foot candles at 18 inches of height from dusk to dawn using photocell or similar devices. Also for walkways, laundry rooms, porches, communal zones.
Minimum 1 inch deadbolt on every residential door; every window, sliding door, and non-communal door must have locking mechanisms
Pool fence has locked gates requiring key or fob
Every dwelling door must have a peephole unless window is adjacent
CPTED Assessment no older than 3 years and remain in substantial compliance
All employees CPTED-trained within 60 days of starting work

Designing Safer Spaces

These CPTED Principles are Proven to be Most Effective When Working Together

Natural Surveillance

The presence of people and lighting are a strong deterrent of crime. Design spaces to create a environment that maximizes observation, intervention and reporting of potential crimes.

Access Control

Controlling who should and should not be in spaces is a strategy to decrease crime. Design spaces to create natural barriers, visual, audible and spatial cues to deter criminal activity.

Territorial Reinforcement

The use of physical attributes that express ownership of a property such as fencing, pavement, signage, and landscaping.

Maintenance

Keeping spaces well-maintained signals positive association, whereas a space that appears dilapidated can signal fear and builds an association with criminal activity.

Social Management

Community members that feel greater ownership over their spaces usually share a common concern for safety, which helps to create an environment that deters crime.

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Available Services

CPTED Assessment

Basic assessment for a single or multi-property.

HB837 Total Compliance Report

Customized report for a single or multi- property.

Crime Deterrence and Safety Training

Employee safety training, reviewed every three years.

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Understanding Florida State Statute 768.0706: Presumption Against Liability for Criminal Acts

In March 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law House Bill 837 (“Civil Remedies”) , a sweeping piece of tort reform legislation that among other changes, extends important protections for owners and operators of multifamily residential property. One of its most consequential provisions is a rebuttable presumption against liability when crimes are committed by third parties on the property, provided the owner has met certain security and training requirements. Wh

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