Trainings & Services
Trainings
Personal Safety
This two-hour workshop provides a safe space to learn tools for keeping yourself and others safe including assertiveness, de-escalation, escape options, and how to support others who may be targeted. This hands-on workshop builds on the basics of understanding and listening to our true intuition — clearing the way of our implicit biases.
CPTED Basics
This 1.5 hour virtual training provides a basic understanding of the principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. Learn about specific projects in Portland where environmental changes have been implemented to create safer spaces.
Training Development
The Safe Blocks Program will continue to develop relevant safety related trainings for the community based on trends and community requests.
Services
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)
A typical CPTED assessment starts with a team member meeting with the property owner/manager and tenants to walk around the property for about an hour to learn about how the space is used and what the concerns are. Then they discuss with them the principals of CPTED:
- Visibility- Is there good visibility across the space or does it feel isolated?
- Access Control- Who is gaining access to the property and how?
- Territoriality- Is it clear where public space changes into private space?
- Activity Support- What is being done to bring positive activity into the space?
- Maintenance- Is the space run down (broken fences/lights, etc.) or well maintained?
We will discuss ways to hold placemaking activities in and around the space and offer to provide support in those efforts.
- Reaching out to neighboring businesses and homes to do a clean-up
- Improve lighting and trim vegetation in a community space
After the walkthrough, we will build a report with photos, recommendations, and resources. We then follow-up three months later to see how the improvements have helped and if there were any barriers to making improvements.
Community Building Ideas and Placemaking
We can help you with community building ideas and placemaking projects. We work with community members, community based organizations, and city/county bureaus and programs to support community-led projects and ideas. Please reach out to us to discuss your idea!
How to Request a Training or Service:
To request a training or service, we ask that you fill out a quick form. This should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete. Once we receive your form, one of our Safe Blocks Program Coordinators will get back to you to schedule a phone call to learn more about your request.
Request a Training or Service
Resources for issues NOT Managed by Safe Blocks Program
- Emergency situations: Please call 911 to contact emergency services.
- Non-emergency police reports: Please call the non-emergency number (503-823-3333) or use the online system to report an incident that has already taken place, to file a police report, and more.
- Emergency reporting concerns: Please report concerns about the 911 reporting system to the Bureau of Emergency Communications.
- Noise complaints: Please contact the Noise Program at 503-823-7350 or noise@portlandoregon.gov.
- Houseless camping concerns: Please use the One Point of Contact Campsite Reporting System, pdxreporter.org, or call 311.