Crime Free Hotel/Motel Program

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303-441-3337

The Boulder Police Department, working cooperatively with the community to prevent crime, offers a free seminar for hotel and motel owners and managers on how to keep drugs and other illegal activities off their property.

The Boulder Crime Free Hotel and Motel Program is solution-oriented. It is designed to be easy, yet effective, in reducing crime in hotel and motel communities.  The program utilizes an approach which ensures the crime prevention goal, while remaining customer-oriented and friendly.

Upon completion of the six-hour seminar and other minimum requirements, managers and owners will be granted the use of large metal Crime Free signs for display on the property. Upon full certification, management will also be granted the use of the Boulder Police Department's program logo in all advertisements.

Attendees will learn:

Prevention techniques

• Preparing the property so it does not attract crime
• Developing applicant screening procedures
• Signing the property to prohibit illegal activity
• Posting facility rules at the front desk
• Assigning highly visible rooms to suspicious guests

Proven management techniques

• Ongoing management
• Spotting illegal activity
• Working with the police
• How to become a pro-active property manager and empower employees
• Crisis resolution
• Maintaining trespass logs
• Keeping legitimate users and abusers apart

Property protection

• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
• Property inspection

Last Updated on Wednesday, 04 November 2009 16:01