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Efficiencies within the Justice System (24)

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...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Alberta
Keywords: crime reduction, crime prevention, habitual offenders, prolific offenders, crime hot spots, intelligence-led policing, root causes of crime

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) – Uqaqatigiiluk! (Talk About It)

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day, skill-building workshop on suicide intervention for professionals, police officers, volunteers and other helpers. First developed...

Pillars: New Models of Community Safety, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Nunavut
Keywords: suicide prevention, Inuit, Aboriginal, community programs, training

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...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: British Columbia
Keywords: strategic plan, performance measures, oversight, crime prevention, governance, modernization, community engagement, indicators

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...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Saskatchewan
Keywords: crime prevention, community engagement, community safety, partnership, private sector

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...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Saskatchewan
Keywords: crime prevention, community safety, partnership, crime reduction, integrated services, integrated response, hub, team

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...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Saskatchewan
Keywords: community safety, crime prevention, street activity, neighbourhood, bylaw enforcement

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...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety, Efficiencies within the Justice System, Police Interaction with Individuals Living with Mental Illness
Province: British Columbia
Keywords: crime reduction, crime prevention, habitual offenders, prolific offenders, crime hot spots, intelligence-led policing, root causes of crime

Department of Justice (Drug Courts) Disclosure Pilot Project

The Department of Justice (Drug Courts) Disclosure Pilot Project was launched in 2004 to address issues with the timeliness of the drug evidence disclosure process, which was not meeting the...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Ontario
Keywords: court documents, drug trafficking, disclosure

Electronic Evidence Disclosure

The Toronto Police Service was concerned about the rising cost of meeting evidence disclosure requirements. Significant resources are required, including officer time, paper for photocopying, and the...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Ontario
Keywords: electronic disclosure, court documents, Crown

Electronic Ticketing System

In a gradual rollout beginning in 2007, the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) traffic division has replaced its paper-based ticketing system with an electronic ticketing system. The...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Quebec
Keywords: electronic ticketing, technology, e-ticket

General Occurrence Reader Unit

In May 2011, the York Regional Police (YRP) established the General Occurrence (GO) Reader Unit to improve the quality of information going from police investigators to the Crown Attorney’s Office...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Ontario
Keywords: records management, Crown folders, disclosure, quality assurance, court documents

Human Trafficking National Coordination Centre

The Human Trafficking National Coordination Centre (HTNCC) is a centre of excellence that provides a focal point for law enforcement organizations in their efforts to combat human trafficking. Its...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Ontario
Keywords: human trafficking, intelligence-led policing, partnership, training

Intelligence-Led Policing

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary implemented intelligence-led policing in 2011 as a business model and managerial philosophy. Intelligence-led policing uses data and crime intelligence to support...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Newfoundland and Labrador
Keywords: intelligence-led policing, business model, proactive, organizational change, evidence-based crime prevention, domestic violence, education, training, organized crime

Investigation Management and Approval Centre

In October 2010, in response to growing demands for public accountability, effectiveness and efficiency, the Edmonton Police Service implemented its Investigation Management and Approval Centre...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Alberta
Keywords: system management, accountability, disclosure, information management

Major Case Management System

To enhance information management for investigations, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘B’ Division adopted the RCMP’s Evidence and Reports III (E&RIII) electronic case management software to...

Pillars: Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Newfoundland and Labrador
Keywords: electronic disclosure, information management, software, major case management, court documents

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...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Saskatchewan
Keywords: drugs, prescription, crime prevention, crime reduction, drug abuse

Nunavut Liquor Act Review Task Force

The Nunavut Government established the Nunavut Liquor Act Review Task Force in April 2010 to make recommendations for modernizing Nunavut’s legislation governing the sale of liquor. The illegal sale...

Pillars: Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Nunavut
Keywords: legislation, task force, community engagement, crime reduction

Outstanding Warrants

Warrants are issued in cases where an individual does not appear in court as required, or does not pay a fine by a specified due date as required by a provincial statute or municipal bylaw. Despite...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Alberta
Keywords: outstanding warrants

Service Standards Investigative Guides

Developed in 2006, Royal Canadian Mounted Police ‘E’ Division’s Service Standards Investigative Guides ensure compliance with approved investigative standards and provide practical advice at all...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: British Columbia
Keywords: oversight, investigation

Surrey Detachment Online Reporting Project

The Surrey Detachment Online Reporting Project was initiated as a pilot project in January 2014 to determine the value and effectiveness of online software for crime reporting by the public. The...

Pillars: New Models of Community Safety, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: British Columbia
Keywords: online reporting, technology

TeleStaff Schedule

To improve work force planning and scheduling processes, the York Regional Police will implement the TeleStaff schedule system, a single-point system for the scheduling of officers, civilians and...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Ontario
Keywords: administration, technology

The Ontario Major Case Management System

Ontario is the first province to implement standardized investigative practices and supporting technology for major case investigations. In 1997, the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Ontario
Keywords: major case management, serial crime, software, technology, multidisciplinary

Toronto Child and Youth Advocacy Centre

The Toronto Child and Youth Advocacy Centre (CYAC) is a multi-agency partnership that brings together professionals with expertise in law enforcement, child protection, health and mental health...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Ontario
Keywords: youth, child protection, mental health, partnership, child exploitation, youth, victimization

Unmanned Aerial Systems Project

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ‘F’ Division developed the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) project as a cost-effective solution to the need for aerial photographs for a variety of situations...

Pillars: Efficiencies within Police Services, New Models of Community Safety, Efficiencies within the Justice System
Province: Saskatchewan
Keywords: technology, aerial photography, technology, crime scene, emergency
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