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Safety & Security Next Steps

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Category: Safety and Security

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:

 

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)