Raising Safer Community in Canada

.

Raising a Safer Community in Canada

The fourth word – RAISE

“Children who are raised with hopes and dreams and goals, not in houses filled with drugs and violence, will be better people. Brock knew that.”   We all KNOW THAT.

Raising our children to be ‘better people’ first involves RAISING ourselves,   RAISING our communities.

Let us all raise our passion for a better community.

We need people to get involved, to realize that something can be done, and that there are resources to help.

Let us all raise our knowledge of crime, the root causes of crime, the impact of crime, the remedies for crime, the expectations of programs in the battle against crime. An informed community is a community best equipped to initiate sound and workable programs and to acquire the resources needed to ensure those programs work effectively.

Let us all raise our awareness of the problems of crime within our community.

Identifying the neighborhood ‘Hot Spots’, often in minor offenses such as graffiti, hangouts, bullying. When and where are most crimes, usually theft under $500, taking place. Identifying the problem is the first step in crime prevention. We need to understand the problem in order to begin a workable remedy.

Let us all raise our awareness of those most at risk of becoming involved with crime.

Most times we know those who are the probable ‘Delinquents’ in our neighborhoods, the light-finger, the bully, the graffiti artist, the rowdy; but what are the factors behind these behavioral problems?

We know the young families who are having difficulties with income, with alcoholism, with drugs. What resources are available to assist them? How can we show we care about their situation?

Let us all raise our willingness to get involved with our schools.

Create enough group impact on our local schools that the school boards are compelled to fund programs that assist our children. Every school has the availability of resources to enact social behavior programs, for remedial learning assistance, for extra curricular activity. Most often teachers and administrators are overworked and hence ill prepared to take advantage of what is available. They need help. School boards are reluctant to add programs without demand. It takes parent involvement to bring these programs to fruition and realize their full effectiveness.

Let us all raise the attention of government at all levels, let them know that we require action on their part to be most effective.

Governments have an innate aversion to allocating money. The first job of all governments is to be re-elected. Money is mostly directed to those departments and programs which in turn create the most votes. Cynical, yes, but true. Let them know that crime prevention advocacy is a huge voting block.

Let us all raise support for our local police.

Police Departments all across Canada have resources available to them in crime prevention but, they are limited to what they can initiate with out community support. Preventing, or controlling, the ‘nuisance’ criminal activity, the hang-outs, the graffiti, the vandalism, the street brawls etc, would allow our local police more time for the serious offenses and lead to even less crime, safer communities, and savings in $$dollars.

Let us all raise our expectations of our courts.

We all need to know what works and what isn't working in regards to sentencing and sentencing programs for those convicted of criminal acts.

Let us all raise our aspirations of a Canada without crime. From British Columbia Crime Prevention Association People Partners in Prevention   “Crime and violence are not just police problems – crime prevention is everyone's business. Crime prevention is the job of entire communities: the families who comprise them, the businesses that serve them, and the organizations that represent them.”

From Community Mobilization Program

Community Involvement; Crime Prevention with a Community Focus

“The community is the focal point for effective crime prevention. It is the people who live, work and play in a community who understand their area's resources, problems, unique needs and capacities.   The Community Mobilization Program (CMP) is designed to help the various sectors and organizations within each community to work in partnership. Working together, partners undertake innovative, community-based initiatives that deal with the underlying causes of crime and victimization.”

“Communities must be willing to invest their time and expertise, and their leaders must help mobilize a full range of partners to deal with the issue of crime and victimization. Crime prevention through social development projects depend on the meaningful participation of all partners in design, implementation, and evaluation.”

It Is Time To Demand Only The Best
Be Done For Our Children and Their Futures
IT'S TIME TO GET INVOLVED

.