Fla. Stat. 768.0706 (HB 837) CPTED Assessment by Florida Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Practitioners

What does a Florida CPTED assessment cost?

Assessment fees vary with the scope of the property and the work: the number of dwelling units, number of buildings, the property type and configuration, and geographic location within Florida. Because these variables differ so widely between properties, we quote each assessment individually rather than publishing a fee schedule. Attorney involvement, where owners choose to engage counsel as part of their compliance strategy, is a separate cost outside the assessment fee. There is no charge for an initial consultation or a quotation: contact us with your property’s basic details and we will provide a firm proposal.

How do I schedule an assessment with CIS?

Start with a call or the contact form — the initial consultation is free. We will discuss your property, its current compliance posture, and any timing considerations (e.g., insurance renewals, transactions, or pending concerns), then provide a written proposal. Once engaged, scheduling accounts for the assessment’s after-dark session, since lighting must be measured at night, and any coordination your staff needs for access to community spaces and representative dwelling units. We recommend that properties beginning from an uncertain starting point conduct a preliminary review first, for the reasons explained in our compliance guide.

How long until we receive the report?

Between the site visit and delivery, the assessment moves through compilation of the measured lighting data, report drafting, and our internal review process before release. This process typically takes 2-4 weeks depending on our workload. If your timeline is driven by an external deadline, tell us during scoping; sequencing can often accommodate it.

What exactly do we receive?

A complete assessment package prepared for both compliance and legal defensibility: the assessment report with a documented methodology; an itemized verification of each condition defined in Fla. Stat. 768.0706(2)(a); the property’s measured lighting data with a correlated lighting map; photographic documentation of findings; recommendations ranked on our cost-benefit scale, including explicit notation of any conditions inherent to the property’s design that cannot reasonably be changed; and appendixes defining the CPTED standards applied, with citations to authoritative sources. The package is organized so that implementing, documenting, and — if ever necessary — producing your compliance record in litigation follows directly from the report’s structure.

What areas of Florida does CIS serve?

CIS conducts CPTED assessments throughout Florida. The firm is headquartered in the Tampa Bay area with a presence in Orlando, and our practitioners regularly assess properties across the state.

Why choose CIS for your CPTED assessment?

Critical Intervention Services has served Florida property owners since 1992, and our practitioners have conducted hundreds of CPTED assessments of multifamily properties under Fla. Stat. 768.0706. Our team includes multiple FCPTI-designated Florida CPTED Practitioners alongside board-certified security professionals, and our assessment methodology was built for legal challenge rather than mere filing: illumination measured with calibrated, NIST-certified instruments and data-logged, findings supported by cited standards, articulation of findings with careful attention to court scrutiny, and recommendations ranked for defensible decision-making. Several of our consultants serve as testifying experts in premises liability litigation, which means the people preparing your assessment understand how it will be read when cited in a deposition.