Community Services

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The Community Services  facilitates and coordinates efforts to reduce crime through the development, promotion and implementation of effective crime prevention-based strategies. The Community Services Division partners with citizens and businesses, as well as government and civic organizations and agencies to achieve its goals.

• Neighborhood Watch/Block Parties:
  These gatherings are a great way to kick-off neighborhood watch, meet your neighbors and unite your community against crime.
• Business Crime Prevention Program:
  This program is designed to bring police and local merchants together to reduce business-related crimes through communication and education.
• Citizens’ Police Academy:
  CPA is an interesting and informative program that educates citizens who live or work in Princeton about our Police Department.
• Neighborhood Watch:
  FNW is a non-profit, community based crime prevention organization that educates citizens in ways of reducing their risk of being a victim of a crime, both at home and in the public.
• H.E.A.T. Program:
  Texas H.E.A.T. (Help End Auto Theft) is a voluntary, statewide program designed to deter theft.
• Home Insurance Reduction Program, Security and CPTED Surveys:
  The Princeton Police Department offers free home/business security assessments to all homes and businesses located within the City of Princeton.
• McGruff the Crime Dog:
  McGruff makes appearances in school and community events in order to provide safety and crime prevention information and education.
• National Night Out:
  Each year on the first Tuesday in October, neighborhoods throughout the United States, including Princeton, are asked to lock their doors, turn on their lights and spend the evening outdoors with neighbors and police. Ice cream socials, picnics with hot dogs and hamburgers, and special visits from local government officials, as well as police, fire, and medical personnel and equipment highlight this crime-fighting event.
  Tuesday, October 4, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.