Over the last year, the Army has built on our previous work to add a preventive approach that provides more comprehensive and holistic prevention programs, tools, and resources on harmful and risky behaviors to commanders and communities. A primary prevention approach enables the Army to better support commanders’ efforts to combat and discourage detrimental conduct, enhance readiness, and improve Army culture through integrated prevention activities.
Army military police contribute to and enable the Army’s overall prevention efforts through the Army Crime Prevention Program. The program seeks to protect people, property, and infrastructure while reducing the number of non-deployable Soldiers due to crime, misconduct, or victimization. It also aims to combat the real conditions and incidents that lead to a negative public perception of crime and its impact on recruitment, retention, and Soldier well-being.
The program’s foundation consists of the Army Preventive Policing Model (AP2M), which broadens the military police’s focus from responding to crime, disorder, and other harmful conditions to partnering with commanders and community members to prevent crime and victimization from occurring. Its success revolves around:
- the application of military police intelligence assessments and stakeholder data to identify crime conducive conditions promoting criminal opportunities
- the co-design of strategies and measures to resolve the underlying conditions
- the implementation, assessment, and evolution of solutions until the desired crime prevention effects and outcomes are achieved.
During October, the Office of the Provost Marshal General (OPMG) will participate in the National Crime Prevention Month campaign by sharing various crime prevention materials to educate leaders, Soldiers, and community members on best practices they can employ to prevent crime and enhance personal safety. The OPMG Crime Prevention Awareness Campaign has the goal to emphasize the importance of every person’s role in preventing crime, reducing victimization, and contributing to safe and secure working and living environments.
Prevention is Protection!
Brig. Gen. Sarah Albrycht serves as the Provost Marshal General (PMG) of the Army. In this capacity, she is the principal military advisor to the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Staff of the Army on policing matters, and the principal Army staff officer for the development and execution of the Army policing functions. As the Army's senior military police officer, the PMG provides leadership and direction to the Military Police Corps. The director of the Defense Forensics and Biometrics Agency directly reports to the PMG. The PMG also serves as the Commanding General of Army Corrections Command. Additionally, the PMG serves as the functional chief for Army Civilian Career Program 19—Security and Law Enforcement.
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