D.16.7 - Crime prevention

Crime prevention entails all efforts designed to create safer communities through the control and reduction of crime by addressing the causes of crime and reducing the opportunities of crime.

The recommended provisional security categorization for the crime prevention information type is as follows:

Security category

D.16.7 - Crime prevention = {(confidentiality, Low), (integrity, Low), (availability, Low)}

Confidentiality Low

The confidentiality impact level is the effect of unauthorized disclosure of crime prevention information on the ability of responsible agencies to create safer communities through the control and reduction of crime by addressing the causes of crime and reducing the opportunities of crime. Generally, the unauthorized disclosure of crime prevention information will have only a limited adverse effect on agency operations, assets, or individuals. Special Factors Affecting Confidentiality Impact Determination: In a few cases, details of crime prevention programs are sensitive (e.g., location of actively monitored surveillance cameras where only a fraction of camera feeds are monitored). In such cases, unauthorized disclosure of crime prevention information might have a serious adverse effect on crime prevention operations by eliminating uncertainty regarding surveillance patterns. Therefore, the confidentiality impact might be moderate. Recommended Confidentiality Impact Level: The provisional confidentiality impact level recommended for crime prevention information is low.

Integrity Low

The integrity impact level is based on the specific mission and the data supporting that mission, not on the time required to detect the modification or destruction of information. Crime prevention activities are not generally time-critical. In most cases, the adverse effects of unauthorized modification or destruction of crime prevention information on agency mission functions and/or public confidence in the agency would be limited. Recommended Integrity Impact Level: The provisional integrity impact level recommended for crime prevention information is low.

Availability Low

The availability impact level is based on the specific mission and the data supporting that mission, not on the time required to re-establish access to crime prevention information. Most crime prevention processes are tolerant of delay. In most cases, disruption of access to crime prevention information can be expected to have only a limited adverse effect on agency operations, agency assets, or individuals. Special Factors Affecting Availability Impact Determination: In exceptional cases (e.g., orders associated with deployment of officers to provide a crime-discouraging presence in developing threat situations), loss of availability of information can have a serious adverse effect on crime prevention operations. In such cases, the availability impact might be moderate. Recommended Availability Impact Level: The provisional availability impact level recommended for crime prevention information is low.