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Gifford Neighborhood Plan 2014 CRIME PREVENTION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT Crime Prevention Background Stratezy: Reducing Gifford's crime rate is an important component in achieving the overall plan goal. Like most community issues, crime reduction requires coordinated action by various groups and agencies. While many of this plan's strategies including code enforcement, infrastructure improvements, and improved street lighting, may help reduce the crime rate, there is still a need for coordinated, targeted, and sustained crime -prevention actions. Those efforts will involve the Sheriffs Office maintaining its current level of resource commitment to the Gifford area, the County coordinating and continuing its code enforcement activities, and residents cooperating with law and code enforcement agencies. Objective 15. Crime Prevention and Law Enforcement By 2018, the crime rate in Gifford will be ten percent lower than 2013 levels. Action 15.1 — Each year through 2020, the Sheriff's Office will maintain its current level of resource allocation for law enforcement in Gifford. Action 15.2 — Each year through 2020, the County will coordinate with the Sheriffs Office in order to focus code enforcement activities on sites with code violations which contribute to or have the potential to contribute to Gifford's crime rate. Action 15.3 - The Sheriff's Office will enforce all posted speed limits in Gifford. Action 15.4 - The Sheriff's Office will conduct enforcement actions against noise, including loud music that violates codes, drug dealing, and traffic violations. Action 15.5 — Each year through 2020, County Code Enforcement staff will attend one or more COPE meetings as needed in order to coordinate code enforcement efforts with the Sheriff's Office. Community Development Indian River County 81 v 00