ABSTRACT
Creating a plan to improve environmental conditions is a critical point in problem-solving, because it is time to make decisions about what to do. Stakeholders should be engaged in developing the plan and are likely to have very concrete ideas about what they want and why. Owners, residents, visitors, and others must be engaged in problem-solving so they understand crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED), and can make or recommend legitimate design, security, and policy choices. When a plan includes changes to traffic patterns through street closings or traffic calming measures, indicators of success are required for the target neighborhood, and also for surrounding communities that may be impacted by new travel patterns. Because CPTED engages a variety of organizations and agencies on a problem-solving team—including police officers—the problem may never actually be "removed" from police consideration, even if it becomes the responsibility of another team member.
