Community Safety - Report Card

Community Safety - Report Card

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Increase RCMP staffing by 25 officers over the next 5 years.

  • March 2009 – City Council approved funding for a share of nine new RCMP officers for the local detachment.

Increase funding and secure data connections to Community Police Stations.

  • The City is working to establish a secure data link between the Community Police Station on Mary Hill Road and the Coquitlam detachment headquarters. Completion targeted for Spring 2011.
  • April 2011, completed upgrades to the Mary Hill Community Police Station to accommodate secure connections between the detachment. 
  • By completing this link and upgrading the community police station there will be more RCMP using the Port Coquitlam office, therefore, increasing the police presence in Port Coquitlam. 

Create a Crisis Intervention Team utilizing City, police, health and treatment personnel to deliver solutions and crime reduction in hotspots and areas with people who are homeless.

  • Ongoing

Address homelessness in Port Coquitlam through a multi-disciplinary team of stakeholders, including Federal and Provincial governments, non-profits and the faith-based community.

  • March 2009 – Launched Mayor's Action Team on Homelessness (MATH).
  • October 2009 – MATH produced a strategy to end chronic homelessness in the Tri-Cities by 2014, and founded a new society to complete this task: the Homes for Good Society.
  • November 2010 – Homes For Good received approval from the provincial Ministry of Housing to proceed with new Housing First model, the first in BC.
  • April 2011, Homes For Good hosts its first Annual General Meeting and completes first partnership with New View Society. 
  • June 2011, Homes For Good houses their first client!

Develop neighbourhood associations to foster greater community safety through the active involvement of people living within Port Coquitlam’s various neighbourhoods.

  • The City held meetings with residents to form a team to initiate and assist in the establishment of neighbourhood associations.

Work with the Union of British Columbia Municipalities on defining the new policing contracts for British Columbia.

Create a pedestrian-friendly and safe environment with increased security and lighting throughout the city.

  • The City is piloting the use of light-emitting diode (LED) streetlights in 2010. LED streetlights produce a clearer, whiter light that reduces dark spots between streetlights, along with being more energy efficient.
  • Community Policing volunteers regularly patrol local streets year-round on foot and by bicycle, providing an extra set of eyes and ears for the police to observe, record and report any suspicious activity. Learn more about the Community Police Office.

Implement Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) for all new building and any hotspots.

  • CPTED principals have been added to the Smart Growth Committee terms of reference and implemented on all new development. 

Develop a bylaw and licensing system (Good Neighbour Agreement) to control the number and location of group housing, transition houses and recovery homes.

  • Tasked Social Inclusion Committee with developing a licensing system.
  • City staff presented a draft strategy to the Social Inclusion Committee in December 2009.
  • Continue to support and expand drug and alcohol prevention programs such as Meth Watch.

Address escalating bear problem.

  • Assigned responsibility for bear awareness and response to Community Safety Committee.
  • The City funded the Bear Aware program in 2009 and experienced significant reductions in bear sightings. The City continues to implement initiatives such as public education and enforcement of new Solid Waste Bylaw regulations aimed at reducing bear/human conflicts. Visit the City’s bear education webpage.
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