Agenda #: 4.b
Meeting Date: March 28, 2023
TO: Members of the City Council Standing Committee
FROM: Daniel Fox, City Manager
TITLE: COMMERCIAL BURGLARY PREVENTION PROGRAM OPTIONS
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive presentation and discuss.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The cost will depend on the size and scope of the program.
ANALYSIS
In recent discussions related to the 2024-2027 Strategic Plan, the City Council has shown an interest in developing City programs that reduce commercial burglaries.
Collaborating with Diamond Bar law enforcement personnel, staff developed the following options for Public Safety Committee discussion and consideration. Based on Committee feedback, staff can prepare defined program recommendations, including cost implications and any policy considerations. All options would require Council funding approval via the budget process.
1. Education and Outreach
• Develop of formally branded Business Watch promotional and educational materials for distribution to local business leaders and employees. • Launch a Business Watch schedule (potentially piggybacking on Coffee With a Cop events) at shopping centers/locations throughout town. • Supplement Business Watch meetings with door-to-door check-ins with businesses to meet those that cannot attend formal meetings. • Develop an on-demand video version of the Business Watch presentation available to those that cannot or do not wish to attend formal meetings. • Offer business security assessments.
• Conduct security assessments of commercial centers and report findings to center owners.
• Use translators at meetings and make translated versions of non-meeting materials available.
2. Supplemental Law Enforcement
• Use the City-funded Law Enforcement Reserve Fund to pay for commercial burglary suppression patrols/undercover operations for a temporary period.
3. Publicly-funded Security Options
• Fund the deployment of ALPR surveillance systems in/around commercial centers.
• Fund a commercial business security device reimbursement program.
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