Crime
Prevention Unit
Welcome to the Crime Prevention
Program. Crime Prevention is designed to take a proactive approach by
citizens and law enforcement working together to deter crime in
Walworth County.
What is Crime Prevention?
It's the anticipation, recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk, and the
initiation of some action to remove or reduce it. There needs to be three
factors present for a crime to occur:
1. The desire on the part of the criminal to commit the crime.
2. The ability (skills) and tools to commit the crime.
3. The opportunity to successfully carry out the crime.
We cannot hope to eliminate a criminal's desire to commit crimes. Nor can
we take away one's ability to commit the crime. However, crime prevention
can remove or reduce the opportunity. Without an opportunity, the criminal
is forced to go elsewhere.
This is accomplished by working with the community, getting the community
involved in law enforcement, and is a readily available resource to the
community for its safety needs. This involvement can be with individuals,
civic groups, or businesses. The primary focus of this program is to go to
these individuals or groups and give recommendations on personal, residential,
and business safety.
 Some of the programs that are available through the Walworth County
Sheriff's Office Crime Prevention Unit are:
- The Citizen's Academy
- Crime Stoppers
- Neighborhood Watch
- Residential and Business Security Surveys
- Safety Fairs
- Safety Talks
The Crime Prevention Officer is available to give talks and presentations on
several safety topics. (Click here for
list).
Crime Prevention is not new, but we need your help in fighting crime.
"It is much better to prevent one man from being a criminal than apprehending
and bringing forty men to justice."
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
Please feel free to contact the Walworth County Sheriff's
Office Crime
Prevention Unit for your safety needs.
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