SCOTTS VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT
1 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
SCOTTS VALLEY, CA. 95066
(831) 440-5670

PRESS RELEASE

SVPD CASE NUMBER: NONE - CRIME PREVENTION MONTH LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: CITY OF SCOTTS VALLEY
OFFICER IN CHARGE: DET. SGT. DONNA LIND

       MAYOR RANDY JOHNSON HAS PROCLAIMED OCTOBER AS CRIME PREVENTION MONTH 2003 AND CHALLENGED THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO MAKE CRIME PREVENTION A PRIORITY, ESPECIALLY YOUTH CRIME PREVENTION. HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE TAKEN PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK FOR THE COMMON GOOD.        CRIME PREVENTION MONTH 2003 REFLECTS THE FACT THAT TIME, MONEY, AND OTHER RESOURCES SPENT ON PREVENTION YIELD TREMENDOUS BENEFITS IN REDUCING CRIME AND MAKING COMMUNITIES STRONGER, SAFER, AND BETTER PLACES TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. CRIME REMAINS AT HISTORIC LOWS IN THE UNITED STATES AND, ALTHOUGH THIS IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE, WE MUST NOT STOP WORKING TO CONTINUE REDUCING CRIME IN OUR COUNTRY. EXPERIENCE IN SCOTTS VALLEY HAS PROVED THAT GRASSROOTS, COLLABORATIVE ACTION WORKS TO KEEP CRIME DOWN. SCOTTS VALLEY CONTINUES TO ENJOY THE LOWEST CRIME RATE IN THE COUNTY.        DURING CRIME PREVENTION MONTH, SCOTTS VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL WORK WITH CIVIC GROUPS, SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, AND YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS IN SCOTTS VALLEY TO REACH OUT TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER THE PUBLIC THROUGH EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS, AND EXPLORE NEW PARTNERSHIPS THAT BUILD AN EVEN STRONGER COMMUNITY WHERE CRIME CANNOT SURVIVE.