Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is a multidisciplinary approach to create spaces that aim to prevent crime, invite positive use, and make users feel safer.
Up to 65 local practitioners and advocates from Hudspeth, Maverick, Starr, Webb, and Zapata counties will be accepted to participate in the WOW-E CPTED and Maintenance Action Institute. Applicants can apply for travel assistance to the Action Institute through the WOW-E partnership with the Texas Recreation and Park Society (TRAPS).Up to 65 local practitioners and advocates from Hudspeth, Maverick, Starr, Webb, and Zapata counties will be accepted to participate in the WOW-E CPTED and Maintenance Action Institute. Applicants can apply for travel assistance to the Action Institute through the WOW-E partnership with the Texas Recreation and Park Society (TRAPS).
Who Should Apply:
Park practitioners, public works practitioners, planners, local park and trail groups and advocates, law enforcement professionals, community leaders.
At the Action Institute:
- Learn CPTED principles to make safer, more usable public spaces in your community
- Create a mini-plan for a public space in your community
- Learn about topics such as: maintenance planning, traffic calming, community engagement, lighting, park site plan reviews, public art & safety and more!
Join us in McAllen, TX at the LaQuinta McAllen Convention Center:
- Tuesday, August 23, 2022, 10 am – 6 pm
- Wednesday, August 24, 2022, 9 am – 5 pm
- Thursday, August 26, 2022, 9 am – 4 pm
*Note: Attendees must attend all three days of the Action Institute, all day.