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PRESENTATION CONCERNING THE DRAFT COMMUNITY SAFETY WELLBEING PLAN
Police Chief K, Greenwood provided a brief overview of the status of the draft Community Safety Wellbeing Plan. Chief Greenwood introduced Alex Way from Mass LBP to provide a presentation concerning an Update Report of the Barrie Community Safety and Well-Being Plan Working Group.
Mr. Way discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• The legislative requirements related to the development of the Community Safety Well-Being Plan;
• The objectives of the Community Safety Well-Being Plan;
• The establishment and composition of a working group by Barrie Police Services to assist in the development of the plan;
• The Working Group members identified sixteen aspirations for the plan;
• A chart summarizing the twenty-one identified risk factors in Barrie;
• A chart illustrating the identified risk factors organized into five focus areas;
• Charts illustrating what was learned about each of the following risk factors:
a) Mental health and substance use;
b) Housing, homelessness and basic needs;
c) Crime;
d) Service gaps; and
e) Community resilience.
• A chart summarizing the existing services and potential initiatives to be considered as part of the development of the plan;
• The Working Group’s rationale used towards the development of the draft actions;
• Charts illustrating the draft actions to support community safety and well-being;
• A chart illustrating the draft actions and potential supporting steps; and
• The next steps in the process.
Members of Committee asked a number of questions of the presenter and Chief Greenwood and received responses.