We are proud to share that the 2024 US CPTED Association’s Second Annual Conference was a success! The conference was held at the University of South Florida Marshall Student Center from February 7 to February 9th. The US CPTED Association is a national network that focuses on supporting Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) practitioners as well as creating educational and networking opportunities to further support those within the industry and the spread of CPTED practices. CPTED as defined by the association is, “the proper design and effective use of the built environment can lead to a reduction in incidents and fear of crime and improvement in quality of life”. Safeguards Consulting is a proud supporter of the association. In addition, our firm is also proud that we can offer CPTED services to our clients. This service offering not only allows us to be “ahead of the game” in our industry but it also allows us to better serve our clients and their needs. If you are interested in learning more feel free to contact us via our “Contact” page or visit the US CPTED Association’s website as found at the bottom of our post.
Overall, there was an excellent turnout this year and a wonderful selection of both sessions and speakers. Among those was a session by our Founder, Mark Schreiber, who presented his presentation on “Being Proactive as Possible with University Campus Safety Using CPTED”. Schreiber is also the Director and overall proud supporter of the 2024 US CPTED Association. His session took place on Wednesday, February 7th from 11 – 11:50 am. The focus of his session was on the various work we did through a unique opportunity with The University of New Mexico in 2023. During this project, we worked for our architectural firm partner, Sasaki Associates, to deliver an Integrated Campus Plan for the UNM where safety was the primary focus. The Integrated Campus Plan we provided covered the development and growth of the university for the next 20 years! We also supported the university's team by providing various CPTED, safety, and security recommendations that not only highlighted focus areas for development but also guided the overall development recommendations within the plan due to our past success with the university and CPTED practices. Safeguards Consulting and Schreiber would also like to thank Jeff McDonald from The University of New Mexico for taking the time to present with him as well as everyone who came to support Schreiber and McDonald in their session!
Following the event’s conclusion, Schreiber stated, “We had an amazing turnout especially with this being only the second year of the conference. Overall, the conference went well, and we had an impressive sharing of knowledge between both attendees and the presenters. I am looking forward to next year’s event in San Diego and expect to have an even larger audience!”.
Overall, Safeguards was proud to sponsor this year’s conference and to support the association! In addition, we were proud to have Schreiber representing us at this year’s event!
If you are within the security industry, we highly encourage you to visit the US CPTED’s website as linked below to learn more about the association and its mission as well as to further expand your knowledge of what CPTED is and what its application may look like.
To learn more about the US CPTED Association visit:
US CPTED Association - Intention Through Design - CPTED Memberships
To learn more about the conference visit:
