CrimePreventionConnection.com is a business unit of Crime Prevention Outreach, LLC, a California company, and was created to provide the law enforcement community with the best quality, customizable monthly newsletter possible. We know that many crime prevention and outreach units are hard-pressed to develop and provide outstanding community education materials on a multitude of topics on a regular basis.

In the current media age, residents have come to expect their police or sheriff's department to provide regular crime prevention information, both general and specific to their neighborhoods. The problem is, many departments lack the time and staff to create regular, quality newsletters and disseminate them to the community. Because of other more immediate needs, newsletters are often thrown together last-minute in response to crimes or current community issues and often the material is the same old stuff that has been sitting in the brochure cabinet for years.

We know. We've been there.

With this in mind, we offer you a monthly newsletter that you provide to your community — in either online or print versions — a newsletter that looks like you created it specially for your residents! Your newsletter will contain high-quality articles on all facets of crime prevention with your department’s logo or emblem. But here’s the best part — YOU can seamlessly add information about your current events and issues right into the newsletter, making it look as if you've done all the work yourself!

Across the nation, departments like yours are feeling the pressure of allocating more resources to the street. Because of this, other units handling less immediate police business are feeling the squeeze, but still, the work of those units needs to be done. Residents still want and need to know what's going on in the community and how they can take steps to avoid becoming crime victims. Because of that, CrimePreventionConnection.com is here to help.

WHO WE ARE

Josef S. Kachman, President
Josef served as a crime prevention specialist for the Mountain View, CA Police Department for nearly eight years. He was assigned to the Community Action & Information Unit in the Office of the Chief, where he was responsible for deployment and management of residential and commercial crime prevention programs, community relations, outreach event management and media relations. He also served as backup public information officer and was a member of the California Crime Prevention Officer's Association. Josef also brings a background in Internet/online marketing technology to the company. Currently, he is responsible for all operations of Crime Prevention Outreach, LLC, including CrimePreventionConnection.com

James M. Bennett, Vice President
Jim’s extensive experience as a crime prevention officer includes nearly 20 years of service for three different agencies — he spent 10 of those years with with the Mountain View, CA Police Department. As unit supervisor of the Community Action & Information Unit and Crime Analysis Unit, Jim was responsible for all crime prevention, outreach education and public information activities.

He has served as the Vice President of the California Crime Prevention Officers Association. Additionally, Jim is a member in good standing of the California Association of Public Information Officials, the American Society of Industrial Security and the Law Enforcement Environmental Planning Association of California. He holds basic and advanced certification in crime prevention, and has specialized training in crime analysis as it relates to anti-terrorism. He also specializes in environmental design and advanced crisis communications. Jim has completed numerous professional development courses in law enforcement, crisis communication and management. He also received the 2006 Region 11 Crime Prevention Practitioner of the Year Award from the California Crime Prevention Officer's Association.

Scott S.G. Vermeer, Vice President
Scott currently serves as police chief for a city on the San Francisco peninsula. His career spans more than two decades and he has held positions from officer through chief, including detective, sergeant, and captain. Scott’s particular expertise includes community outreach, media relations, community policing, gang investigations and crimes against youth. Chief Vermeer also has been assigned to S.W.A.T. and narcotics investigations. He currently facilitates learning for police academy students in community relations, history, professionalism, ethics, leadership and diversity. Prior to his current appointment as chief, Scott was police chief for the Menlo Park, CA Police Department.

David D. Wade, Vice President
David serves as legal counsel for the organization and manages customer contracts, agreements and legal issues. His experience includes practice in closely held business organizations, contracts, corporate law, real estate law and licensing agreements. David served in Washington, D.C. as a staff member to Utah Senator Orrin Hatch.