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Questioning Traditional Tips for Safer Leasing

August 29, 2015 / by rantrim1832 / apartment safety, apartment secuirty, multifamily safety, multifamily security, onsite safety, personal safety, personal security / 0 comments

Years ago multifamily operators recognized major safety issues that were inherent to the job of renting and managing apartments. Veterans of the industry will always remember Randy Joseph Wedding, also known as “The Leasing Agent Rapist” for his arrest in 1988 after admitting to sexually assaulting 13 different leasing professionals in Phoenix and Tuscon. Recognizing […]

4 Things You Need to Know About Safety Apps

August 29, 2015 / by rantrim1832 / apartment safety, apartment secuirty, multifamily safety, multifamily security, onsite safety, personal safety, personal security, safety app / 0 comments

Are you looking for a safety app for yourself or your employees? While we believe in the old adage, something is better than nothing, there are a few things to know before making your purchase. #1: Safety Apps are buggy. When your Candy Crush app crashes or you forget to make routine updates, nobody gets […]

Learn about Crime Free Multi-Housing

August 27, 2015 / by rantrim1832 / apartment safety, apartment secuirty, crime free multihousing, multifamily safety, multifamily security, resident safety, residents, risk management, security / 0 comments

Started in 1992 in Arizona by the Mesa Police Department, Crime Free Multi-Housing is a phenomenal resource for all community managers looking for new resources and ideas that will make their community shine! The non-profit has programs in 2,000 cities throughout the congruent U.S. as well as international advisors in England, Canada, and Nigeria. The […]

Crime Report: Evicted Resident Returns to Kill Manager

July 4, 2015 / by wpps-support / apartment secuirty, lone worker, Maintenance, onsite safety, property manager, violence and evictions, violence at work / 0 comments

In another story out of Oregon, an evicted resident acted any on-site’s eviction nightmare. The 71 year old resident returned to his former apartment community after being evicted and shot the 39 year old manager as he was serving another eviction. The shooter then barricaded himself inside his old apartment where he died of a […]

Crime Report: Gunshot Claims Life of Durham Property Manager

May 21, 2015 / by wpps-support / apartment secuirty, crime free multihousing, multifamily safety, onsite safety, property manager, residents, violence at work / 0 comments

Frederick Edgerton was more than a Property Manager at Oakley Square Apartments, he was a man that was trying to make life better for the people living in and around his community. This week, Mr. Edgerton was shot and killed at the apartment community, a victim of the violence was trying to fix through prayer […]

Crime Report: Maintenance Man Charged with Property Manager’s Murder

December 31, 2012 / by wpps-support / apartment secuirty, lone worker, onsite safety, property manager, risk management, violence at work / 0 comments

Bossier City police charged former maintenance man Robert Earl Walter with 2nd degree murder in connection with the death of April Fulgham, the 32 year old property manager of Lexington Place Apartments. Walter, who was terminated from his job the day of the crime, returned to the apartment community with a gun and shot Ms. […]

SECURITY GUARD ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING RESIDENT

February 12, 2011 / by wpps-support / apartment secuirty / 0 comments

HOUSTON — A security guard is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at an apartment complex in southwest Houston. Ivan Coleman is charged with aggravated sexual assault of an adult. Court documents state that Coleman was employed as a security officer at the victim’s apartment complex. The victim says she returned to her apartment after […]

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