The Orange Police Department is stopping crime before it happens by encouraging building designs that inhibit illegal activity. The department was among the first in the state to use this unique strategy to fight crime, and has been honing its technique ever since. The department’s main construction contact, Crime Prevention Specialist Brad Beyer, helps businesses build structures that discourage crime. The first study was published examining building security in the 1970s, and though Santa Ana was the first to implement a municipal building security code in 1978, Orange was a close second in January 1979. The city ordinance will see…