About These Brochures and Their Use

Although these materials are copyrighted to protect their integrity, you may produce as many copies as you like for free distribution as long as you do not change the text or delete NCPC's credit line without written approval from NCPC. Some printers will need to see written proof that you have permission to print or copy these materials before they will proceed with the job; this page serves as that permission. You may add your local group's name, address, and phone number where space is provided.

If you wish to change the text or if you wish to use McGruff® or Scruff® in locally produced materials or settings, contact the Quality Review Committee at NCPC, 1000 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 13th floor, Washington, DC 20036. Call the NCPC Fulfillment Center at 800-627-2911 for a free copy of Guidelines for McGruff and Related Marks.

Reproducible brochures are available in PDF format only. Because they are a free resource, we cannot offer custom formating or personalization services.

How you can use these materials to promote crime prevention:

• Hand out brochures at civic meeting or school assemblies. Ask libraries, recreation centers, medical offices, mail kiosks, and local businesses to display and distribute materials. Ask social service agencies to display brochures in their waiting areas. Enlist members of your Neighborhood Watch groups to pass them along to other residents.
• Organize a Crime Prevention Month parade in October and have McGruff help distribute materials to the crowd. Set up a crime prevention booth at a local mall. Hold a crime prevention fair during October.
• Look for a match between an issue and an organization. Youth centers and clubs, school guidance offices, and health clinics would be excellent places to leave youth-related brochures.

Community Crime Prevention

Conflict Resolution/Anger Management

Cyber Crime

Halloween Safety Tips

Juvenile Crime

Neighborhood Watch

Protecting Home and Family

School Safety

Sexual Assault

Substance Abuse - Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco Abuse

Teens

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