Community Safety Department
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| Thad Cook, Community Safety Manager |
In March 2003, HAWS officially established the Community Safety Department
to address various concerns about safety in the HAWS communities and facilities,
including:
- A high concern for overall community safety;
- A high concern for fire safety in the high rise properties; and
- The formation of strong partnerships with local agencies and organizations
was essential to the success of safety programs.
Once partnerships were formed, members adopted strong comprehensive strategies
to combat crime and enhance fire safety in the HAWS communities by using computer
technology, enforcing HUD's One Strike Policy, tedious documentation, and training
and education seminars for staff and residents. Our partnering agencies include
Center for Community Safety, NC Department of Corrections, Forsyth County Court,
Forsyth County Sheriff Department, HAWS Residents, HAWS Staff, Legal Aid Society,
Office of Juvenile Justice, NC Attorney's Office and Winston-Salem Police Department.
This network of community resources continues to help resolve issues by sharing
information among different agencies. This leads to accurate identification of
lease violators located in HAWS neighborhoods, which in turn leads to a safer
community as a whole.
The Community Safety Department is staffed by Thad Cook and Carl Patrick.
Both have extensive backgrounds in housing and public safety, and continue to
use their experiences to maintain strong partnerships, while working to resolve
crime and fire safety issues in the HAWS communities.
Fiscal Year 2005 this department will develop, revise and implement an emergency
and/or evacuation and neighborhood watch programs in each community.
Other Strategies
Other Community Safety strategies include:
- Advanced Surveillance Systems
- HAWS Community Safety Program
- HAWS Hi-Rise Security Program
- HAWS/WSFD Fire Safety Program
- HAWS/WSPD Computer Program
- HAWS/WSPD Off Duty Security Program
- Statistical Database Management
Important Milestones
09/94 City of Winston-Salem Special Commendation
03/95 Mayor's Violence Reduction Task Force
09/95 US Conference of Mayors Civil Livability Award
06/96 US Attorney's Steering Committee for Weed & Seed
09/97 Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiatives
09/99 HUD'S Best Practices Symposium Award for Kimberly Park
07/01 SACSI Re-Entry Housing Committee
01/00 WSPD Violence Reduction Task Force
08/01 WSSU Center for Community Safety Partner
10/03 State Brainstorming Committee for Re-entry Offenders
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