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Commercial Crimes Unit
Almost 3,200 Tigard area businesses are investing in a new approach to fighting crime. Earlier
this year Tigard City Council authorized a redesigned
Business License Fee to take effect
January 1, 2008. Existing businesses will pay the restructured fee when they renew their
business license. The restructured rate tier allows Tigard Police to form a new unit
dedicated to businesses - the "Commercial Crimes Unit."
Tigard Police Department crime data revealed that retail and industrial areas spawned
46 percent of all reported crime in 2006. Tigard Police Chief Bill Dickinson and his
staff proposed a radical new way to pay for urgently needed help to Tigard's retail
and commercial community. The redesigned fee is the result of months of planning
and citizen input. It provides revenue for police and business owners to address
crime trends and crime fighting.
The three-member police unit will team with merchants to stop crime before it
happens and develop criminal data to help investigation of criminal issues unique
to the business community - something impossible until now. Simply put, this
program puts help directly where it's needed.
Merchants approved the change in fees when they learned it would fund a
team dedicated to their needs. This is the first increase in Tigard's
Business License program in 20 years. Tigard's thriving businesses
climate has grown as well as opportunity for crime unique to business.
Tigard Police are confident the newly created Commercial Crimes Unit will
help Tigard businesses prosper and reduce the opportunity for crime
and its negative impact.
If you have questions about this new program, please contact
Public Information Officer Jim Wolf at 503-718-2561
or by email at 27047@tigard-or.gov.
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