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PRESENTATION BY THE BARRIE POLICE SERVICE - OVERVIEW OF SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR THE CITY OF BARRIE
D. Stott, Strategic Planner, Barrie Police Service provided a presentation regarding an Overview of Safety and Security for the City of Barrie.
Ms. Stott discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• An introduction of the Barrie Police Service Team;
• The background of the Barrie Police Service;
• A chart from StatsCans of Police-Reported Crime Statistics between 2004 to 2018;
• A chart illustrating the 2018 Crime Severity (CSI) Index and changes between 2017 to 2018;
• A chart illustrating the total calls for service to Barrie Police Service between 2006 to 2018;
• A chart illustrating zones of intervention and related community programs;
• A chart illustrating Collaborate Barrie’s top five risk categories identified between 2015 to 2019;
• A chart illustrating Collaborate Barrie’s number of study flags reported;
• The membership of Collaborate Barrie; and
• The results of the 2018 Barrie Police Service external community survey.
In closing, Deputy Chief, Ken Weatherill commented that according to Statistics Canada Barrie’s crime severity borders encompasses a larger geographic area than just Barrie. Ms. Stott provided an overview on the types of resources available to the public on the Barrie Police Service website.
Members of Committee asked a number of questions of the presenter and received responses.