Our
Director:
Tom Monson is the national director of
Crime Prevention Resources and its parent company Advantage
Source. He developed and published the
Community Watch
Administration Manual and the Community Watch Administration System. Mr.
Monson has been instrumental in the design and implementation of Community Watch Programs
throughout the United States. For over a decade, Mr. Monson has been producing crime and
loss prevention materials and programming.
History
of the Company:
Crime Prevention Resources is a
subsidiary of Advantage Source, Inc., which was established in 1986.
The primary business of the company is the
production of educational material for personal improvement, personal and corporate safety
issues, business success and related topics. Currently, the primary medium on which
material is being produced is video cassette. Other media such as handbooks, manuals, and
discussion guides are also being utilized.
Formerly operated as two separate sole
proprietorships, company components have established themselves as leaders for both
business and community/neighborhood crime prevention material. The company has been
producing and marketing educational materials since 1986.
Crime Prevention Resources, promotes itself
as "Your partner in crime prevention," and markets products primarily to law
enforcement agencies, community/neighborhood watch organizations, businesses, schools, and
drug treatment centers.
In 1994, the company began producing
television programming.
"A Line In the Sand,"
the Company's first production received an 8 market share rating and was nominated for a
1995, regional Emmy award. Other products have been produced, and future video products
will be produced with the idea that they can also be aired on broadcast television.
In 1997, CPR began an ambitious campaign to
reduce drug abuse in our Nation. In September of that year,
"Drug
Wars - Crank County," a program about the harmful effects of
methamphetamine, was released. Subsequent to this release, CPR initiated a marketing
effort into the area of drug treatment centers. The response was overwhelming, and
signaled a new and expanded vision for the future of the company.
Crime Prevention Resources decided to
continue fighting in the war on drugs. In 1998, CPR produced an emotionally powerful
program called,
"Drug Wars - One Family's Battle".
A true story about the life and death of a drug addict and how his choices affected
the lives of his family and friends. The program was a phenomenal hit with drug
treatment and prevention centers, as well as with teachers, counselors and school resource
officers, throughout the country.
The program was very powerful and the
message so important that the company decided to do something for its local community of
Medford, Oregon that had never been done before.... In January of 1999,
Crime Prevention Resources banded together with local law enforcement agencies, hospitals,
drug treatment and prevention centers, business owners, and television stations in and
around Medford to broadcast "One Family's Battle" on all the TV. stations at
the SAME time. The broadcast
was a huge success with great response from the community.
Since then, Crime Prevention Resources has
continued its part in the war on drugs by developing and acquiring new programs on drug
prevention and education. The company is also working towards doing other broadcasts
in Oregon and other parts of the country. Crime Prevention Resources continues to
develop new business and community/ neighborhood crime prevention materials based on the
needs of its customers.
Future
Emphasis:
Considering the increasing number of additional
broadcast television and cable television channels, video, laser, CD ROM, and multi-media
outlets being offered, management believes that investing in the quality of our
productions will create additional sources of business to these added sources of demand.
The company is currently involved in the
research and development of additional violence, crime, and drug prevention material.
Since the development of new material is of primary importance to the success of the
company, management is committed to investing in the development of material to keep the
company on "the cutting edge."
Since 1986, our list
of clients has grown to include some of the most impressive law enforcement agencies,
corporations, colleges, and universities across the United States and Canada.
Law Enforcement
Agencies:
Atlanta Police Department - Baltimore Police Department -
Baltimore County Sheriff's Department - Burbank Police Department - California Attorney
General - Cedar Rapids Police Department - Chicago Police Department - Clearwater Police
Department - Columbus Police Department -Royal Canadian Mounted Police -Dallas Police
Department - Dayton Police Department - Denver Police Department - Des Moines Police
Department - Detroit Police Department - Fargo Police Department - Fayetteville Police
Department - Florida Attorney General - Indianapolis Police Department - Kansas City
Public Library - Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office - Louisiana Attorney General -
Louisville Police Department - Madison P.D. - Miami (Dade Metro) Police Department -
Mobile P. D. - Montana State Police - Montreal Police Department - Nashville Police
Department - Norfolk Police Department - NYPD - Omaha Police Dept. - Orlando Police
Department - Pasadena Police Department - Rochester Police Dept. - Salt Lake Co. Sheriff's
Office - Savannah Police Department - Seattle Police Department - Vancouver Police
Department - Wausau Police Department - and thousands more
Corporations:
Bargain Center USA - Brody's Department Stores - Bi-Mart Corporation - Big Wheel - Bill's
Dollar Stores - Carlisle's - Dairy Queen - Emporium - Ennens Food Store - Family Bargain
Centers - Goodie's Family Clothing - Hewlett-Packard - Hit or Miss - J. Byrons Department
Stores - Jack In The Box - K-Mart - Lord & Taylor - Ltd., Inc. - Marshall Fields -
Neiman-Marcus - Nike - Nordstrom - Leggett Stores - Pier 1 Imports - Radio Shack - Ross
Stores, Inc. - Roto Rooter - Safeway Stores - Stein Mart, Inc - Subway Sandwiches - Sony
Corp.- Target Stores - Texas Instruments - Tops Markets - Walgreens, Ltd. - Walmart - and
hundreds of individually owned small businesses.
Colleges and
Universities:
Albuquerque Technical Institute - Ashtabula Co. Economic Development - Boise State
University - Boston College - Chemeketa Community College - Clarion University of New York
- Clemson University - Corning Community College - Eastern New Mexico University - Florida
A & M - Gannon University - Iowa West Community College - Lima Technical College - New
Mexico State University - Oregon State University - Pima County Community College -
Portland State University - San Juan College - South East Missouri State College -
Southern Oregon State College - Texas A & M - Virginia Tech -- Universities of:
Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii, Illinois, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Pittsburgh, Puerto
Rico, Scranton, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington - and many more. |
