HAA EXPERT EXCHANGE ON CRIME PREVENTION
What is HAA Expert Exchange Crime Prevention? One of many micro-webinar series put on by the Houston Apartment Association that helps onsite teams and leaders navigate current operational challenges. The host, an apartment owner or executive, interviews industry experts on the top questions concerning current and pressing topics.
The Houston Apartment Association is a professional trade association whose membership represents a broad cross-section of the Houston apartment industry. Members include apartment owner-operators, builders-developers, management companies, and product and service businesses that serve the industry. A nonprofit association, the HAA is the largest and most progressive apartment association in the country.
Paul Garcia – SentriForce Multi-Family Account Manager, is interviewed on the topic of “Combating Crime” for apartment communities and the multifamily industry. Paul Garcia discusses in great detail, different strategies and solutions, how apartment property owners and apartment community managers can address specific situations and frequent problems through Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) in preparation for the upcoming holidays and throughout the year.
Topics discussed in the webinar
- Mail boxes and drop boxes break-ins
- Cars hitting gates and property damage
- How apartment property staff can deal with aggressive tenants
- Vehicle break-ins
- Illegal dumping
- No camera system
- Vandalism
- Stolen packages
- Loitering
- Teens jumping property fences
- Crime alerts
- Pet wastes
- Maintenance shop break-ins
- Resident complaints
To see more Expert Exchange information and resources on other topics by HAA, visit the HAATV channel on YouTube.