Lorne Park Watercolours Residents' Association
Neighbourhood Watch Onboarding
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- Category: Safety and Security
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f you were not able to attend our recent Neighbourhood Watch Activation Meeting you can access the contents of the meeting on Safe City's Mississauga Portal in a course named "Neighbourhood Watch Core Curriculum" (click left image to see larger view).
If you have not yet signed up for Neighbourhood Watch, we invite you to Register Today! Once signed up here, your contact information will be forwarded to Safe City Mississauga to provide you with access to the onboarding course as well as the Crime Reporting Portal/Hub.
Also, for convenience, we have added links to the portal login on our website.
Finally, don't forget to click the "subscribe' link in the Neighbourhood Watch Portal to be notified by email of any reports submitted by your neighbours (click images for a larger view)
Safety & Security Next Steps
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Following our Safety & Security Meeting on April 9th we are ready to take our next steps to help make Watercolours a safer community.
MEETING RECAP
For those of you who could not attend, the meeting was highly informative and well-attended.
- Gerald Adad from SafeCity Mississauga provided a brief overview of Neighbourhood Watch
- Peel Police Deputy Chief Nick Milinovich, Superintendent, Joshua Colley, and Detective, Gregory O’Connor provided a complete overview of the rise in auto theft and associated criminal activity.
- Peel Police shared their insight into everything from cause to active and potential solutions at all levels of government and corresponding police services.
- Peel Police provided our neighbourhood’s criminal activity statistics and shared various safety tips and best practices to prevent our vehicles from being stolen and keep us safe.
- This was followed by a Q & A period that included Peel Police, MPP Rudy Cuzzetto and Ward 2 Councillor Alvin Tedjo answering our questions, offering support, and voicing their commitment to resolution.
USEFUL LINKS
Below are links to a variety links, including items presented at the meeting:
- Peel Police PowerPoint presentation
- 2024 Auto Theft Summit Video
- Auto Theft Summit 2024 recommendations
- Crime Statistics & Crime Occurrence Mapping Portal
- Crime Prevention Tips
- Safeguarding tips for your vehicle
- Sign up to Peel Regional Police Newsroom (email newsletter) to receive real-time information.
- 2024 Ontario Budget highlights provincial investments to fight crime and combat auto theft.
- Fighting Crime Infographic flyer distributed at the meeting.
What is Neighbourhood Watch?
Neighbourhood Watch is an organized group of neighbours looking out for one another, and each other’s property. The program focuses on neighbourhood transparency and encourages residents to be aware of crime and suspicious activity that may be happening around them. In a Neighbourhood Watch, the objective is that incidents are reported, not only to police but also (anonymously) to your neighbours. By participating in the Watch, everyone is alert and working together to maintain safety in their neighbourhood. While the program has been shown to reduce criminal activity, one of the greatest benefits is that it brings people closer together, into a stronger community. Safe City Mississauga helps to facilitate The Mississauga Neighbourhood Watch program. (source: Safe City Mississauga website)
NEXT STEPS
1. SIGN UP
We are inviting you (including expired members) to sign up for a free* LPWRA membership and to confirm your interest in:
• Neighbourhood Watch
• Neighbourhood Watch Block Captain
• LPWRA Safety and Security Subcommittee
* FREE MEMBERSHIP: To encourage all residents of Watercolours to participate, we have temporarily waived the $20 annual fee.
Please sign up here: HOUSEHOLD SIGN UP
Please note that an LPWRA membership is NOT REQUIRED to only participate in Neighbourhood Watch. If you only want to sign up for Neighbourhood Watch, please complete this form instead. To learn more about the benefits of being a member visit our about page.
2. SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, May 14th, 2024, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm. (Activation Meeting)
All residents of Lorne Park Watercolours are invited to attend our 1st Watercolours Neighbourhood Watch Meeting. Safe City Mississauga will be sending you an email with the virtual meeting link at a later date. Attendance is open to ALL Watercolours residents who sign up for Neighbourhood Watch. Gerald Adad, Neighbourhood Services Manager of Safe City Mississauga will host a live demonstration of the Neighborhood Watch, Watercolours Crime Reporting Portal followed by a Q&A session.
Update: If you have joined Neighbourhood Watch, please review our onboarding post here
3. BLOCK CAPTAIN ONBOARDING
If you confirm your interest in being a block captain when signing up, you will be notified of a meeting to meet other block captains and discuss your role with Neighbourhood Watch. An information page was published to help onboard Block Captains agreeing to help us canvass. The page includes a welcome video to get you started.
What is the Block Captain's First Task?
• Canvas your area to drum up participation from neighbours to join Neighbourhood Watch (You would be assigned a series of addresses near your own)
