LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVEMENT

Build Your Own McGruff® Program

A logo for the Crime Prevention Coalition of America with a McGruff The Crime Dog mascot.

Step 1: Suit Up

McGruff in Action

McGruff The Crime Dog high-fiving a kid in the audience at a crime prevention event.
An audience of kids looking at a police officer introducing McGruff The Crime Dog.
McGruff The Crime Dog seated next to an Easter Bunny, surrounded by law enforcement officers.
A group of people posing for a photo with McGruff The Crime Dog, who holds two thumbs up.
McGruff The Crime Dog and Sparky The Fire Dog posing for a photo with two kids.
McGruff The Crime Dog being applauded by two event hosts and an audience of kids at a Take A Bite Out Of Crime event.
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ACTIVE MCGRUFF COSTUMES

*If you need assistance purchasing a suit, please contact [email protected].

Step 2: Get Swag

A comic book cover featuring McGruff The Crime Dog protecting a community from crime.

Comic Books

Five different colored pencils designed with Take A Bite Out Of Crime text.

Pencils

A Take A Bite Out Of Crime campaign badge featuring McGruff The Crime Dog.

Stickers

Download Community Materials

Materials are approved for use and distribution. Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to add their own logos.

Illicit-Fentanyl

Illicit-Fentanyl Educational Toolkit

Taking medication that isn’t prescribed to you by a doctor and dispensed by a licensed pharmacy is gambling with your life. The following activities are designed to empower young people to “think again” before buying and/or taking pills acquired from anyone outside of a licensed provider.

NCPC infographic featuring McGruff The Crime Dog warning about the dangers of fake pills containing lethal doses of fentanyl.

Gun Safety

Gun Safety Educational Toolkit

This free teaching kit is designed to assist you in making McGruff’s gun safety lesson part of your class plans. The kit includes suggestions for introducing the topic of gun safety, along with discussion prompts to help focus student attention on the key messages of the videos and to reinforce learning through positive dialogue.

Check out McGruff The Crime Dog's gun safety pledge that helps prevent violent crime. Read McGruff's four steps of gun safety.
Molly's Mischief quiz that reiterates McGruff The Crime Dog's four steps of gun safety. Take the quiz & promote community safety.
Quiz about gun safety that encompasses McGruff The Crime Dog's 4 steps of gun safety. Join NCPC & the NSSF in helping students.

Home Safety

Frequently Asked Questions

Visit the McGruff Shop here for t-shirts, hats, and toys featuring your favorite crime dog! User code Coalition for 20% off. You can also find educational related products like school workbooks here.

Reach out to us at [email protected] for information about how we can assist you through our “Adopt-a-Crime-Dog” program.

No! McGruff loves crime fighters of all ages, it’s never too late to learn how to Take a Bite Out of Crime®.

Yes! Law enforcement agencies may use their logo alongside McGruff for nonprofit crime prevention related events.

Visit the McGruff Shop for t-shirts, hats, and toys featuring your favorite crime dog! User code Coalition for 20% off. You can also find educational related products like school workbooks here.

•Great! The McGruff program is designed to embrace your own local flavor. For example, McGruff in Aspen is known to join ski patrols to keep people safe on the slopes.

Coalition In Action

Submit your McGruff Program to be featured at [email protected].

Visit The Crime Prevention Coalition Website

Treat yourself! Coalition members get 25% off the McGruff Shop with code Coalition25!

The upper body of an animated McGruff The Crime Dog with his arms crossed.