If you’re still looking for information, and we hope
you are, these resources will tell you where to find it, or
who you can talk to. The things we’ve tried to draw
your attention to are a start—these resources will help
you along the way.
Manitoba
Citizens on Patrol
This is the website for Manitoba’s Citizens on Patrol
Program (COPP). The program’s mission is to build safer
communities throughout Manitoba by encouraging community-based
crime prevention in cooperation with local law enforcement
agencies. The program began in 1991, attempting to facilitate
a coordinated and sustainable approach to community policing
and crime prevention. Since then, more than 65 communities
have registered community crime prevention programs with Manitoba
Citizens on Patrol. The provinces of Alberta
and British
Columbia also run their own Citizens on Patrol programs.
National
Crime Prevention Strategy
This is the national
website for the NCPS, which advocates for community solutions
to crime and provides resources to help communities tackle
the root causes of crime. It has an excellent “virtual
library” and provides funding
for crime prevention projects.
Ontario
Provincial Police: Community Policing Support
This section
of the OPP website offers brief descriptions of community
policing and how it’s implemented by the OPP.
USDOJ
Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)
This website
of the COPS office of the United States Department of Justice
provides
information on community policing across the country. Its
publications
are useful, as are its “community
policing topics” which contains special sections
on school
safetyand technology.
International Centre for the Prevention of Crime
The International
Centre for the Prevention of Crime exists to distribute
information to
countries and cities about crime prevention. It hosts events
and meetings to exchange expertise and publications
on crime prevention.
Community
Safety & Crime Prevention Council
The CS&CPC advocates for community crime prevention
in Canada and around the world. It studies crime prevention
methods and runs advertising
campaigns to foster community connections. Its Resource
Library contains some of the research they’ve done.
Department
of the Solicitor General of Canada Aboriginal Policing Directorate
The Aboriginal
Policing Directorate is responsible for researching and
implementing policing services that will be beneficial to
aboriginal communities. It has a collection
of publications about aboriginal policing in Canada, and runs
crime
prevention initiatives in aboriginal communities.
Have we missed something? Know a great resource
we should include here? Email us at tamarack@tamarackcommunity.ca
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