Community Service

 Crime prevention is a component of the Community Policing Section. This unit provides many programs and services for residents and the business community. 

The following are some of the formal programs offered:

• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
• Violence in the Workplace Seminars
• Business and Residential Security and Lighting Seminars 
  Neighborhood Watch Programs
• Crime Prevention and Safety Programs
• Personal Safety (Personal safety information from the National Crime Prevention Council)
• Robbery Prevention
• Rape Prevention
• Shoplifting Prevention
• Pedestrian Safety
• Fraud & Con Crime Prevention
• Home Security

If you are a Henrico County, Va. resident and would like additional information about these services and programs, contact Community Policing at (804)501-4838.

Public interest brochures:

• The Community Resource Guide is a step-by-step manual for Henrico County residents that was developed to help them solve neighborhood problems, which affect their quality of life. Section on under-age drinking updated August, 2007. (PDF File) The Community Resource Guide En español
• The Henrico County Police has prepared a brochure with information every parent should know about "designer drugs". This brochure is in Acrobat PDF format (334KB) and can be viewed by clicking here.