The Future of Music and Entertainment

Community Policing in Hospitality Zones

Multi-use Sidewalks

Late-night Integrated Transportation

Security, Service and Safety

Quality of Life

Facilitators

Community Policing in Hospitality Zones

Elizabeth Peterson
Elizabeth Peterson Group, Inc.

Bio

Hospitality zones are areas in a city with extended hours, a high concentration of dining and entertainment businesses, active street life and a center of events and celebrations. This new style of socializing necessitates a paradigm shift.  Thursdays through Saturdays are high intensity periods that place greater demands on staffing and operations as they are currently defined.  This new brand of "event" requires a new approach to policing and a new brand of officer. Community policing in hospitality zones is a collaborative partnership among police, enforcement agencies, businesses, community organizations and residents, each with something to offer and something to take. The purpose is to reduce risk to public safety and impacts on quality of life through traditional law enforcement, prevention, problem-solving, and community engagement.

Topics

Who Should Attend

• Define appropriate officer qualifications and training for assignment to hospitality zones, including off-duty assignments
• Establish an inter-agency code team (police, fire, health, city attorney, alcohol regulation) for data collection, identification and intervention with at-risk businesses
• Build police-community-business partnerships for regular forums to share updates and current issues
• Establish an event management focus for Friday, Saturday and other high intensity periods
• Formalize procedures for walk-throughs
• Coordinate security staff deployment to work with police to manage closing time crowds and extended hours without alcohol service
• Use technology and security cameras
• Facilitate voluntary compliance check, including Cops in Shops – Badges in Bars and public service messages
• Establish guidelines for businesses working with promoters and/or promoter licensing

• Police, enforcement and regulatory agencies

• Security trainers and owners/staff from licensed beverage establishments

• Community and neighborhood organizations