Index of Policing Initiatives - Search Results
crime prevention (47)
Addressing Over-users of Health/Social and Police Services
Some individuals rely heavily on police, hospital and social services, entering the system over and over again and placing a drain on resources. Since 2009, the Repentigny Police Service has been...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | crime prevention, mental health, community |
Alberta Crime Reduction Strategy
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘K’ Division launched the Alberta Crime Reduction Strategy in late 2013 to reduce crime and its effects on communities through problem solving, enforcement...
BC Policing and Community Safety Plan
The British Columbia Ministry of Justice’s BC Policing and Community Safety Plan (BCPCSP) seeks to set the direction, strategic framework, performance expectations and accountability mechanisms for...
Body Armour Control Act
Gang-related crime is a serious issue in Alberta and the increase in gang-related violence has resulted in heightened concern over public safety. Because of the inherently dangerous nature of the...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | body armour, legislation, community safety, gangs, crime prevention |
Building Partnerships to Reduce Crime
In 2012, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice implemented a strategy called Building Partnerships to Reduce Crime (BPRC). The strategy encourages police, government officials and community-based...
Civilianization and Crime Reduction
In 2007, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘J’ Division piloted a Civilianization and Crime Reduction initiative to respond to increasing property crimes and the need more efficient policing. The...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | New Brunswick |
| Keywords: | intelligence led-policing, crime prevention, civilianization, youth, data, services referrals, crime analyst |
Community Action Team
The Community Action Team (CAT) was first deployed in 2011, in response to ongoing community safety concerns and the need to disrupt the precursors of crime in distressed communities through...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | community action, crime prevention, outreach, mobile response |
Community Constable Program
A Community Constable (CC) is an armed, uniformed peace officer at the rank of Special Constable member. Their primary focus is engaging their communities in active crime prevention/reduction...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Manitoba |
| Keywords: | community safety, Aboriginal, crime prevention, crime reduction, community engagement, isolated and remote communities |
Community Mobilization Prince Albert
Community Mobilization Prince Albert (CMPA), also referred to as the “Hub,” is a multi-agency team focused on crime prevention. CMPA integrates the activities of various community agencies, including...
Community Safety Model
The Peel Regional Police Community Safety Model, in development since 2006, became fully operational in January 2014. The police service works collaboratively with community partners and key...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | community safety, crime prevention, partnership, gestion du risque |
Community Support Program
The Community Support Program is a group of civilian community support officers (four officers and one supervisor) who walk the beat and patrol three Business Improvement Districts in the centre of...
Crime Reduction and Prevention Strategy
In 2009, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘L’ Division ran a pilot project that used preventative policing to reduce property crime and address impaired driving issues. ‘L’ Division is now...
Crime Reduction Rollout
Royal Canadian Mounted Police ‘E’ Division’s crime reduction strategy began in 2005 and has since expanded to every detachment in British Columbia (BC). Each detachment now has a crime reduction...
Domestic Offender Crimes Section
To better address domestic violence and prevent intimate partner violence, the Edmonton Police Service converted its existing Spousal Violence Intervention Team into a Domestic Offender Crimes...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | domestic violence, crime prevention, intervention |
Domestic Violence Action Team
The Lethbridge Domestic Violence Action Team (DVAT) is a group of community agencies in Lethbridge that work together to address issues of domestic violence through collaborative practice, public...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | domestic violence, community engagement, crime prevention, victimization |
Evidence-Based Crime Reduction Strategy—Prolific Offender Management
In 2009, the West Vancouver Police Department developed an evidence-based crime reduction strategy to identify and apprehend the top 10 prolific offenders in West Vancouver, including the Capilano...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Keywords: | intelligence led-policing, crime reduction, crime prevention, mental health, prolific offenders, management |
First Nations Cadet Corps
The First Nations Cadet Corps is a crime prevention program that provides safe alternatives to First Nations youth. This community-led initiative, in place since 2006, is an integral part of the...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | First Nations, youth, crime prevention, community involvement, Cadet Corps, recruitment, Aboriginal |
Group to Combat Emerging Crime Phenomena
In 2007, as a pilot project, the Repentigny Police Service created a group within the police service to focus on emerging criminal groups and new crime phenomena. The group meets on an occasional...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | emerging crime, organized crime, crime prevention, intelligence, gangs |
Halifax Regional Municipality Crime Reduction Strategy
Launched in 2007 by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘H’ Division, the Halifax Regional Municipality Crime Reduction Strategy uses evidence-based analysis to focus and maximize the use of...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Nova Scotia |
| Keywords: | crime reduction, intelligence-led policing, crime mapping, crime prevention, prolific offenders |
Interagency Information Sharing Protocol
In an attempt to address the high incidence of suicide in the territory of Nunavut, an interagency information sharing protocol is being piloted in January 2013. The program involves the Department...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Nunavut |
| Keywords: | information sharing, crime prevention, mental health, suicide prevention, youth, isolated and remote communities, First Nations |
Internet Child Exploitation Initiative
To reduce Internet child exploitation in New Brunswick, the provincial Department of Public Safety and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘J’ Division are developing and implementing an Internet...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | New Brunswick |
| Keywords: | crime prevention, youth, internet, child exploitation, victimization, online |
Internet Safety
Launched in 2013, the Internet Safety initiative is an awareness campaign featuring Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) presentations delivered to all elementary and middle schools within East...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Nova Scotia |
| Keywords: | crime prevention, outreach, youth, children, education, awareness, internet |
Mental Health Mobile Crisis Team
Under the direction of the Public Safety Office (also referenced in this catalogue), the Halifax Regional Police created a Mental Health Mobile Crisis Team (MHMCT) in 2008. The MHMCT is a cooperative...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Nova Scotia |
| Keywords: | mental health, crime prevention, services referrals, community safety |
Misprescription and Overprescription of Controlled Prescription Drugs
Since early 2012, the Moose Jaw Police Service has been working closely with a Pharmacist Investigator from the Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons to reduce the abuse of prescription...
Mobile Reference and Intervention Team for Homeless Individuals
To address the large number of service calls involving homeless individuals, the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) implemented the Mobile Reference and Intervention Team for Homeless...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | crime prevention, mental health, homeless, homelessness, services referrals, intervention |
MOBILIS
From 2008 to 2011, the Longueuil Police Service and the Centre jeunesse de la Montérégie (Montérégie youth centre) undertook an initiative to address juvenile prostitution linked to street gangs...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | crime prevention, community partnership, sex trade, prostitution, gangs, street-involved youth, youth at risk, sexual violence, service referrals |
Neighborhood Crime Mapping
The Edmonton Police Service developed the Neighbourhood Crime Mapping online tool in 2009 to provide timely, relevant data on crime at the neighbourhood level. On the Neighbourhood Crime Mapping...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | crime mapping, community engagement, technology, crime data, crime prevention |
Neighbourhood Action Team
The Fredericton Police Force’s five-year plan (created in 2006) identified the need to restructure its approach to community policing. On that basis, and after further studies by internal and...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | New Brunswick |
| Keywords: | community safety, community policing, community engagement, team, crime prevention, neighbourhood |
Neighbourhood Empowerment Team
Edmonton’s Neighbourhood Empowerment Team (N.E.T.) initiative has evolved over time. Launched as a partnership between the City of Edmonton Community Services, Edmonton Police Service, The Family...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | Community empowerment, partnership, crime prevention, youth services |
North East Nova Crime Reduction Strategy
The North East Nova Crime Reduction Strategy uses intelligence-led policing to reduce crime in the North East Nova District. Civilian criminal intelligence analysts pull information from police...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Nova Scotia |
| Keywords: | intelligence-led policing, crime reduction, crime prevention, prolific offenders, traffic |
Partnering for Safer Communities
The Partnering for Safer Communities initiative is a series of two-day training workshops held throughout New Brunswick. Workshop participants are drawn from many different sectors and groups. The...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | New Brunswick |
| Keywords: | community policing, crime prevention, training, community safety, partnership, workshop, education, evidence-based crime prevention, partnership |
Patrols in Parks and on Cycling Trails
Since 2006, the Blainville Police Service has used police cadets to patrol the Blainville municipality’s green spaces and its network of cycling trails.
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | crime prevention, civilianization, cadet, park, patrol |
Public Safety Office
Following the 2008 release of the Halifax Mayor’s Roundtable Report, "Violence and Public Safety in the Halifax Regional Municipality," the Halifax Regional Police put the Public Safety Office in...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Nova Scotia |
| Keywords: | crime prevention, community engagement, public safety, partnership |
Regional Integrated Intelligence Units
Regional Integrated Intelligence Units (RIIUs) are integrated intelligence-led policing units that bring together members of the law enforcement community throughout the province to share information...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | New Brunswick |
| Keywords: | intelligence-led policing, organized crime, crime prevention, integrated services |
Safer, Stronger Communities Initiative
The Safer, Stronger Communities Initiative uses a multidisciplinary team to tackle crime and enhance community safety in public housing areas. This initiative is a coordinated response to crime...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Nova Scotia |
| Keywords: | community safety, crime prevention, public housing, partnership |
School Resource Officer Program
As a part of the overarching Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy (TAVIS), the Toronto Police Service is connecting with youth in the schools through the School Resource Officer (SRO) program...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | school, anti-violence strategy, youth outreach, crime prevention |
Sécuri-Parc
In 2011, the Châteauguay Police Service, through a partnership with the Sureté du Québec, implemented the Sécuri-Parc initiative to ensure safety in the Beauharnois-Valleyfield Regional...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | crime prevention, civilianization, cadet, community safety, patrol, park |
Sexual Violence Action Committee
In an effort to enhance public awareness and knowledge of sexual violence, the Lethbridge Regional Police Service established the Sexual Violence Action Committee (SVAC) in 2004. SVAC is a standing...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services |
|---|---|
| Province: | Alberta |
| Keywords: | sexual violence, community engagement, crime prevention |
Support Team for Psychosocial Emergencies
In June 2012, through interagency collaboration, the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal created an "Équipe de soutien aux urgences psychosociales", (Support Team for Psychosocial Emergencies...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Quebec |
| Keywords: | mental health, crime prevention, services referrals, multidisciplinary team |
The Ontario Working Group on Collaborative, Risk-Driven Community Safety
The Ontario Working Group on Collaborative, Risk-Driven Community Safety (OWG) is a subcommittee of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) Community Safety and Crime Prevention Committee...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | community safety, partnership, multidisciplinary, crime prevention, risk management |
Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy
The Toronto Police Service introduced the Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy (TAVIS) in 2006 to respond to a spike in gun violence in the Toronto area. TAVIS is an intensive community...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | violence reduction, community safety, intelligence-led policing, anti-violence strategy, crime prevention |
Victoria Integrated Community Outreach Team
The Victoria Police Department established the Victoria Integrated Community Outreach Team (VICOT) in 2007 to provide intensive support to individuals living with persistent mental illness who face...
| Pillars: | Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Keywords: | community engagement, mental health, substance abuse, integrated team, crime prevention |
Youth at Risk Coordinator
To address provincial rates of youth incarceration that were consistently higher than in other provinces, the Fredericton Police Force established the position of Youth at Risk Coordinator in 2008...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | New Brunswick |
| Keywords: | youth at risk, coordinator, intervention, crime prevention, community, youth crime, recidivism |
Youth for Change and Inclusion
Over the last nine years, the Victoria Police Department has run the Youth for Change and Inclusion (YCI) program which brings together youth from a variety of ethnic, racial, religious and cultural...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Keywords: | youth, crime prevention, community engagement, education, diversity |
Youth Gang Prevention Strategies
The Delta Police Department is developing youth gang prevention strategies to prevent and discourage youth involvement in gangs, bullying and extortion. The department will work with community...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | British Columbia |
| Keywords: | youth, crime prevention, community partnership |
Youth in Policing Initiative
In 2006, in an effort to improve the relationship between the police service and the community, build relationships and decrease gang recruitment, the Toronto Police Service introduced the Youth in...
| Pillars: | New Models of Community Safety |
|---|---|
| Province: | Ontario |
| Keywords: | youth employment, crime prevention, youth police relations, community engagement |
Youth Intervention and Diversion Program
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Crime Reduction Unit in ‘J’ Division implemented the Youth Intervention and Diversion Program (YIDP) in 2009. YIDP is an evidence-based program designed to...
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