Certified Crime Prevention Community Program

Henrico County is one of only 12 localities within the Commonwealth of Virginia certified as a Crime Prevention Community.

In May 2023, Henrico County received its re-certification as a Certified Crime Prevention Community (CCPC) from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). The re-certification represents Henrico CCPC Team’s successful documentation of 12 core community safety elements, and seven optional elements between 2019 and 2022. The next re-certification takes place in the fall of 2025.

This is Henrico County’s sixth re-certification since its initial certification in 2003. Over 22 individuals from seven agencies worked over five months to prepare the necessary documents for submission. The agencies represented include: Police; Commonwealth’s Attorney, Victim Witness Office; Mental Health and Developmental Services, Prevention Unit; Community Revitalization, Community Maintenance Section; Social Services; Courts Services, Juvenile Probation; and Henrico County Public Schools.

The goal of the Certified Crime Prevention Community Program (CCPC) is to publicly recognize and certify localities that have implemented a defined set of community safety strategies as part of a comprehensive community safety/crime prevention effort. The County of Henrico received its initial certification in October 2003. To obtain certification and re-certification, a locality must meet 12 core community safety elements/strategies augmented by a minimum of seven approved optional elements. The Henrico County Board of Supervisors assigned responsibility to the Chief of Police for the completion of this program in the Resolution of Participation.

Learn more about the Certified Crime Prevention Community Program at Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services.