DocumentsStaff ReportJul 25, 2023Pages 12–13
Staff Report: RCMP Policing Priorities for 2023
Staff report asking the Community Advisory Committee to recommend policing priorities to Council for the Westshore RCMP for the remainder of 2023, with an attached RCMP letter describing potential priority areas.
Key facts
- Report date: July 25, 2023
- Purpose: to select community policing priorities (typically five or six) in addition to regular RCMP enforcement
- Examples of priority areas provided: youth, traffic, visibility, restorative justice, drugs and gangs, community policing, child exploitation, sex crimes, fraud, property crime, mental health, recruiting
- Options presented: Option 1 - recommend specific priorities to the Westshore RCMP; Option 2 - recommend not setting specific priorities for 2023
- Financial implications: None; Legal implications: None
Staff Report: RCMP Policing Priorities for 2023
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Staff Report to Community Advisory Committee
DATE: Tuesday, July 25, 2023
DEPARTMENT: Administration
SUBJECT: RCMP Policing Priorities for 2023
BACKGROUND:
Each year the City works with the RCMP to establish which areas the City would like focused on as priorities. These priorities are in addition to the regular enforcement work undertaken by the RCMP.
COMMENTARY:
Attached for consideration is a letter from the Westshore RCMP Superintendent Todd Preston. This letter provides additional background and gives examples of the priorities that the Committee may wish to recommend to Council as being priorities for the community. Typically, a community will select five or six of these priorities, as set out in the attached letter, these may include youth, traffic, visibility, restorative justice, drugs and gangs, community policing, child exploitation, sex crimes, fraud, property crime, mental health, or recruiting.
Each community may have different priorities or see different needs, having the ability to direct resources in this manner allows a community to address those priorities in its own way.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
LEGAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
Policing Priorities 2023
OPTIONS:
Option 1
THAT the Community Advisory Committee recommend that Council direct the Westshore RCMP to make the following areas a priority for policing for the remainder of 2023:
OR Option 2
THAT the Community Advisory Committee recommend that Council not set specific priorities for the 2023 year with respect to the Westshore RCMP.
SUBMITTED BY: Marie Watmough, Deputy Director of Corporate Services
Concurrence:
Donna Petrie, Senior Manager of Business Development and Events
Concurrence:
Yari Nielsen, Director of Parks, Recreation and Facilities
Concurrence:
Matthew Baldwin, MCIP, RPP, Director of Planning and Subdivision
Concurrence:
Katelyn Balzer, P.Eng., Director of Engineering and Public Works
Concurrence:
Michael Dillabaugh, CPA, CA, Director of Finance
Concurrence:
Marie Watmough, Deputy Director of Corporate Services
Concurrence: Braden Hutchins, Director of Corporate Services
Concurrence:
Darren Kiedyk, Chief Administrative Officer