If you’re in Edmonton and you see someone in distress, you can help before police or emergency services are needed by calling 211 and pressing 3 for the 24/7 Crisis Diversion Team. The 24/7 Crisis Diversion Team responds around-the-clock, seven days a week, 365 days a year to people in distress on the streets […]
May 2017
Restorative Justice – A Community Based Alternative to the Traditional Justice System, And it Really WORKS
What is Restorative Justice? “Restorative Justice is a new way of thinking about crime and criminal justice. It emphasizes the way in which crime hurts relationships between people who live in a community. Crime is seen as something done against a victim and the community – not simply as a violation against the state. Crime […]
International CPTED Association conference – Calgary – August 6th and 7th
We have attached information received from the Executive Director of ICA regarding their upcoming International conference in Calgary in August. 2017 ICA International Conference: August 6-8 2017! Our theme this year is: My street, my neighbourhood, my city – CPTED in action The Conference will be held at the Coast Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre in Calgary, Alberta, […]
Highlights this past year’s activities by Executive/ Board members of Red Deer/Lacombe Rural Crime Watch (RCW).
The 2016-2017 RCW Board and Executive held its AGM on March 25, 2017 at Valley Centre Hall east on Highway 595, in the Red Deer county. The following was the report given by the outgoing president, Becky Jardine. Our Rd/Lacombe RCW continued their work over this past year in “refining” the email fan outs to our RCW membership […]