CPTED Strategic Advisory Services

The NICP Advisory Services program provides organizations with direct access to over three decades of practical Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) experience through focused advisory sessions led by Art Hushen.

These sessions are designed to assist local governments, planning professionals, development stakeholders, and public safety agencies in strengthening public safety outcomes through planning policy, development review practices, zoning considerations, and environmental design principles.

Each engagement combines strategic guidance, applied CPTED principles, policy discussion, case study analysis, and collaborative standards development tailored to the organization’s operational environment and objectives

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A Collaborative Approach to Safer Communities

As communities continue to address concerns related to public safety, quality of life, redevelopment, and resilience, organizations increasingly require integrated approaches that align planning, development, and public safety objectives.

CPTED principles provide evidence-based strategies that help reduce opportunities for crime and disorder through environmental design, land use planning, visibility, access control, territorial reinforcement, maintenance, supporting CPTED strategies, and activation of public spaces.

NICP Advisory Services are designed to help organizations evaluate challenges, explore opportunities, and develop practical implementation strategies that can be incorporated into future projects, policies, and operations.

About Art Husen

Art Hushen is an Adjunct Professor at the University of South Florida, Founder of the National Institute of Crime Prevention, Executive Director of the US CPTED Association, and one of the nation’s most experienced CPTED practitioners.

During his thirty-year law enforcement career with the Tampa Police Department, Art helped establish one of the first dedicated CPTED Units in the United States and played a leading role in developing CPTED ordinances, planning policies, and design standards within municipal government. His experience includes development review, site planning consultation, standards development, policy implementation, professional education, and strategic guidance for organizations throughout the United States and internationally.

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Areas of Advisory Expertise

Advisory sessions may focus on a wide range of planning, zoning, development, and public safety topics, including:

Relationship between urban design and public safety
Site planning and development considerations
Public space design and activation
Mixed-use development strategies
Transit-oriented development considerations
Zoning code applications and integration
Development review processes
Lighting design and visibility considerations
Landscaping, maintenance, and sightline management
Development of CPTED standards and guidelines
Design review standards and implementation approaches
Agency implementation frameworks

These sessions are customized to the specific goals, projects, and challenges of the requesting organization.

Advisory Service Investment

Each advisory engagement is customized to the specific goals, challenges, and objectives of the requesting organization. Engagements may include advisory sessions, strategic planning discussions, policy review, standards development guidance, implementation recommendations, and document review.

Investment Range: $6,000 – $10,000 per day

Final pricing is determined based on the scope of work, level of preparation required, and any requested document review or standards development support.

Additional fees may apply for extensive document review, ordinance revisions, standards drafting, policy development, or other deliverables that require significant work outside of the advisory session.

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