All information supplied to the Sheriff's Office is used for official police business only and is strictly confidential. To find out more about crime prevention assistance for businesses call the Sheriff's Office at 628-3059. Free crime prevention assistance is available to citizens from the York County Sheriff's Office. A specially developed program provides crime prevention techniques to help reduce your chances of becoming a victim of burglary, larceny, robbery, rape, or fraud. An officer can conduct a security survey of your home or make presentations to civic, church and professional groups.
Brochures are also available on a variety of topics concerning crime prevention.
One of the best ways to prevent crime is to organized a Neighboehood Watch Group. The success of this program is clear as the number of residentila burgularies has dropped since the program began. To form a Neighborhood Watch Group at least half the residents in a neighborhood must agree to participate. A Neighborhood Watch president and area captains are selected. The president works directly with the Sheriff's Office to provide information to area captains, who communicate with residents through newsletters and telephones calls.