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Roanoke Police Department
Star City Business Watch
The Star City Business Watch attempts to organize business leaders in targeted business communities by forming a partnership between the Roanoke City Police Department and the businesses.
The goal of the Star City Business Watch is to create a safer environment for business, employees and consumers, while promoting crime prevention strategies.
THE OBJECTIVES ARE LISTED BELOW:
To provide on-going training for their employees on various aspects of Crime Privention - Training on Shoplifting, Robbery Prevention and Personal Safety will be provided by qualified Crime Prevention instructors.
To indentify further training needs and provide the appropriate training.
To remain active in the watch, businesses would have to participate in at least one training session per year.
To provide businesses located within these targeted areas with statistical information on crimes commited within their business watch area.
Statistical information will be gathered through the Roanoke Police Department Crime Analysis office and disseminated in a quarterly Business Watch Newsletter.
To provide fax alert information to businesses regarding perpetrator information and current criminal activity.
Crime Prevention Officers will coordinate with Criminal Investigation Bureau personnel, other law enforcement agencies and local businesses to determine crimes or crime trends affecting businesses and disseminate this information through a fax alert system.
To provide each business with a free security assessment of their business.
Security surveys will be conducted by qualified Police Department personel with a written report of the assessment provided to the business.
To provide participating businesses with a membership decal and free standard placards identifying them as members of the Star City Business Watch. This membership logo decal must be displayed where it is clearly visible to the general public.
The initial supply of decals and free standard placards will be supplied by the Police Department Crime Prevention Unit.
Qualifications of membership.
Each business must be licensed to do business in the city of Roanoke.
Business must receive at least one type of crime prevention training each year.
Click here for the Star City Business Watch Application Form.
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