The Community Safety and Well-Being Planning’s Crime Prevention Action Table has hit the ground running since forming in December 2023. The action table is comprised of West Grey Police, Hanover Police, Owen Sound Police, Saugeen Shores Police, Neyaashiinigmiing Police, South Bruce O.P.P, Grey Bruce O.P.P, Crime Stoppers Grey Bruce, and Victim Services Bruce Grey Perth.
The action table developed four priority areas to address crime across Grey and Bruce using community feedback, local data, and stakeholder engagement. The four priority areas are: Human Trafficking, Drug Trafficking, Intimate Partner and Gender-Based Violence, and Road Safety. The action table in collaboration with key community partners have begun to develop and deliver initiatives to Grey and Bruce communities.
The community can look forward to seeing the work of the action table in various ways such as community education, resource development, trainings, and collaboration with citizens. The Crime Prevention Action Table, along with the other action tables of Community Safety and Well-Being Planning, is designed to not only identify and work on issues we are experiencing as a community but to look forward to how we can prevent these concerns from occurring in the future.
“This table is a clear testament to the strong collaboration we have across Grey and Bruce and the dedication of our services and organizations to creating a safer and inclusive community for Grey and Bruce residents and visitors,” said Chief Robert Martin of West Grey Police and the chair of the Crime Prevention Action Table.
Make sure to keep your eye out for education events in the community, social media campaigns and training sessions, which have begun to roll out and will continue throughout 2024.
To learn more about the Crime Prevention Action Table please visit: https://cswbp.brucecounty.on.ca/priority-areas-of-action/
What is the Community Safety and Well-Being Plan (CSWBP) Grey-Bruce?
Community Safety and Well-Being Planning helps organizations improve the things that keep us healthy, happy, and safe. Together, we use research to create solutions focused on education, health care, food, housing, income, crime, and belonging. It is important that we create a welcoming community where problems are solved before they happen and where different professionals and community members come together to help people now and in the future.
The ongoing work of CSWBP is supported by an advisory committee representing over 74 partners from across Bruce and Grey who are working together to address crime prevention by investing in social development, prevention, and risk interventions. This upstream preventative model focuses on creating protective factors that make individuals less vulnerable to crime and victimization.
