Article 8. Mandatory Crime Reduction Program For Designated Apartment Complexes

 I grew up around Ledbetter and Bonnie View, and to make this REAL clear, all the old run-down apartments in 75216,75241, and other zip codes around my fine city will be shutdown if not abiding by CITY CODE!
                                                                                                                 Brandon P. Reed
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Gold Star Certified Apartment Complexes




Gold Star Certification Program:



The Gold Star Certification Program is a cooperative effort between the Dallas Police Department, the Apartment Association of Greater Dallas, and other representatives of the multi-family community. Our goal is to combat crime and improve safety and the quality of life for those who live, work and play in and around our multi-family communities.



The Gold Star program works to improve multi-family communities by addressing three (3) activities that promote criminal activity.







1. Criminals that live on property (by not renting to those people),

2. Those that visit the property and commit crime (by reducing the number of visitors to the property), and

3. Criminals that randomly target multi-family properties (this can be reduce through the use of effective crime prevention strategies that help make a property less attractive to criminals).



There are currently 110 Gold Star certified properties within the City of Dallas



How the Program Works:



The Dallas Police Department and other crime prevention specialists instruct apartment managers and owners in proven crime prevention practices in a four hour workshop. Workshops are scheduled at each patrol station four times a year. For a property to receive a Gold Star certification a representative from each apartment complex must:



1. Attend the Gold Star workshop

2. The apartment property must successfully pass a security survey conducted by the Dallas Police Department. This security survey assesses such things as lighting, perimeter fencing, landscaping, target hardening of individual apartments, etc.

3. Host and maintain a crime watch program for their residents.



You can find a list of Gold Star Apartments:



Attached is a list of Gold Star certified properties, this list is also published on the Dallas Police Department’s website at www.dallaspolice.net , click the “Community” tab on top and then the “Gold Star Program” on the left to see the current list of Gold Star certified properties.



If you have any questions, please contact Sergeant Cynthia Parker-Ferguson of the Dallas Police Department’s Neighborhood Policing/Nuisance Abatement Unit at 214-671-3471.