I continue to work with our local police captains and officers to keep our community safe, while connecting with residents and businesses to raise awareness for crime prevention. As such, I am pleased to announce the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) launched the 2023 Summer Crime Prevention Initiative with several focus areas.
In an ongoing effort to proactively combat crime in Fairfax County and keep the County one of the safest of its size, FCPD has launched a coordinated effort to reduce crime through strategic prevention and focused enforcement across the county. The Summer Crime Prevention Initiative continues through August, with a different focus area and patrol coordination model each month. The focus areas and resource plans will be created for each month in coordination with the FCPD’s Crime Analysis Unit (CAU) to more effectively combat the crime trends and patterns FCPD is seeing.
FCPD will utilize selective enforcement teams to address identified crime trends. The teams will be made up of officers from all eight district stations and will work in conjunction with other FCPD teams such as station Neighborhood Patrol Units, Tyson Urban Team and Shopping Center Units to help cover specific areas and increase effectiveness.
In June, FCPD kicked off the first three waves of its 2023 Summer Crime Initiative with a focus on retail theft. Officers have been strategically deployed across the County to combat criminals who target our local businesses and business owners. This three-prong approach includes: (1) officers increasing proactive patrol in areas identified as having increased calls for service for shoplifting and other retail theft, (2) increasing community engagement in areas affected by this crime, and (3) working with affected businesses to create long-term solutions to preventing and deterring shoplifters.
Using data-informed decision-making, FCPD’s coordinated efforts to reduce crime through strategic prevention and focused enforcement in specific areas across the County aim to make our community a safer place to live, learn, work and play.
For more on this and other safety initiatives, notifications, and results, follow FCPD and Supervisor Dan Storck on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @FairfaxCountyPD and @SupDanStorck.