National Crime Prevention Council

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National Crime Prevention Council
AbbreviationNCPC
Founded1982;42 years ago (1982) [1]
FounderCarl M. Loeb, Jr. [1]
13-3129302 [2]
Legal status 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Headquarters Washington, DC, United States [3]
ServicesCrime prevention, youth victimization, cyber safety, Go For Real, and community building. [2]
Executive Director
Paul DelPonte
Lynda Ellis
AffiliationsNational Crime Prevention Council Association Inc [2]
Revenue$1,538,715 [2] (2020)
Expenses$1,240,207 [2] (2020)
Endowment $82,820 [2]
Employees6 [2] (2020)
Volunteers11 [2] (2020)
Website www.ncpc.org

National Crime Prevention Council is an American educational 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C. which works to help people to create safer communities by addressing the causes of crime, drugs and violence and reducing the opportunities for crime to occur.

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The organization's mascot is McGruff the Crime Dog, a talking bloodhound dog character created to educate children about crime prevention. Paul DelPonte, a one-time federal whistleblower, was appointed to head the organization in 2021. [4]

History

Carl M. Loeb, Jr. (son of banker John Langeloth Loeb Sr.), was a former vice chairman of the board of directors of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. [1] Loeb left that group in order to found the National Crime Prevention Council in 1982, where he served as its chairman. [1] The organization is attempting to introduce the mascot to the next generation of young people. A core of the effort aims to link crime prevention with health. [5]

Campaigns

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The McGruff car at Daytona International Speedway.

Working with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Council ran a national campaign in 2022 to warn consumers on the hazard of purchasing counterfeit goods. [6] The campaign features new ads with McGruff in 3D animation, as well as a race car driven by NASCAR's Joey Gase.

In December 2021, McGruff and a public service announcement on kidnapping were featured in the animated television series the Family Guy . [7] In July 2022, McGruff made his first full-length movie debut in Disney's Chip 'n Dale: The Rescue Rangers.

In October 2022 the organization launched the Lives Project, to call attention to the growing fentanyl crisis. In December of the same year, the organization wrote to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland asking for an investigation into sale of fake drugs containing fentanyl. [8] The following month an investigation was opened. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 James, George. "Carl M. Loeb Jr. Dead at 81: Founder of Anticrime Group". The New York Times. August 14, 1985. p. B8.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". National Crime Prevention Council. Guidestar. September 30, 2014.
  3. "About Us". National Crime Prevention Council. Accessed on June 23, 2016.
  4. "NCPC Announces New Leadership" (PDF).
  5. Crime Prevention is a Public Health Strategy , retrieved 2021-11-05
  6. "McGruff the Crime Dog® teams up with USPTO to take a bite out of fake goods sold online". www.uspto.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  7. Holmes, Martin. "McGruff the Crime Dog Appears In 'Family Guy' and Fans Are Loving It". TV Insider. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  8. "Group urges feds to investigate Snapchat over fentanyl sales". Associated Press. December 23, 2022 via Yahoo News.
  9. Carville, Olivia; Leopold, Jason; Bloomberg, Maria Curi (January 25, 2023). "FBI probes Snapchat's role in fentanyl poisoning deaths". Los Angeles Times.