DocumentsStaff ReportSep 21, 2026Pages 1–10
Community Safety Working Group Recommendations
Staff seek Council approval to implement recommendations from three community safety working groups addressing property crime, safety in parks and trails, and homelessness and open drug use. The recommendations would inform a Community Safety Plan to be brought to Council before the end of 2026.
Key facts
- Report date: September 21, 2026
- $450,000 was allocated through the 2026 budget process for community safety initiatives
- $225,000 annual cost for one additional RCMP officer focused on property crime
- $50,000 small-business grant program for security improvements, administered by the West Shore Chamber of Commerce
- One full-time-equivalent City bike patrol officer; $120,000 is identified for City bike patrol staffing
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Extracted from: 20260921 - Community Safety Working Group Recommendations