Crime prevention through design of buildings and landscaping

A new program from DSP is aimed at decreasing nuisance and criminal behavior in the city core through the design of buildings and landscaping.

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Mon., July 8, 2019

Dan Hall, director of downtown security ambassadors & clean team, points out areas that could see improvements in an area behind the American Legion Building in downtown Spokane on July 8, 2019. Thick vegetation and limited lighting in areas such as these are taken advantage of for illegal activities.

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Dan Hall, director of Downtown Security Ambassadors and Clean Team, points out improvements in an area near the Ridpath Hotel in downtown Spokane on July 8, 2019. The Downtown Spokane Partnership, which runs the Security Ambassador team, has started a program to help businesses pay for lights, reduced vegetation, fences, cameras and gates to deter unsavory or illegal activities.

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Dan Hall, director of downtown security ambassadors & clean team, goes through merchandise left atop a power box near the American Legion Building in downtown Spokane on July 8, 2019. Hall discussed design elements such as lights, reduced vegetation, fences, cameras and gates are things that are implemented to deter unsavory or illegal activities.

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Dan Hall, director of downtown security ambassadors & clean team, points out a graffiti-riddled building that could see nuisance design improvements in an alley in downtown Spokane on July 8, 2019. The singular light and lack of apparent security cameras makes detection of illegal activities more difficult.

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Dan Hall, director of downtown security ambassadors & clean team, points out an example of safe design elements in an alley in downtown Spokane on July 8, 2019. Multiple lights, security cameras and a gate can make illegal activities harder to avoid detection.

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Buildings under construction, with doorways set back from the sidewalk are seen on Sprague Avenue between Stevens and Washington in downtown Spokane on July 8, 2019. Design elements such as lights, reduced vegetation, fences, cameras and gates are things that are implemented to deter unsavory or illegal activities.

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A broken syringe is seen among other debris, pointed out by Dan Hall, director of downtown security ambassadors & clean team, in downtown Spokane on July 8, 2019. Although this particular area near a parking lot north of the Ridpath Hotel had been improved with fences, some evidence of criminal activity remained.

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Dan Hall, director of downtown security ambassadors & clean team, explains ways to reduce nuisance behavior with design elements in downtown Spokane on July 8, 2019. Design elements such as lights, reduced vegetation, fences, cameras and gates are things that are implemented to deter unsavory or illegal activities.

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Dan Hall, director of downtown security ambassadors & clean team, points out improvements that could be made in a graffiti-filled alley to Spokesman-Review reporter Nick Deshais on July 8, 2019. Design elements such as lights, reduced vegetation, fences, cameras and gates are things that are implemented to deter unsavory or illegal activities.

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