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Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

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Updated October 25, 2023

Community Safety and Well-being Plan

The Prince Edward County Community Safety and Well-being Plan is a long-term strategy to make safety and wellbeing a reality for vulnerable individuals, families, groups, and locations. The plan includes strategies for community safety and well-being at four levels of intervention: social development, prevention, risk intervention, and emergency response.

 

» 2022 -2025 Community Safety & Well-being Plan

OPP Action Plans

Ontario Provincial Police – Prince Edward Detachment provides policing of land and waterways. PEC OPP officers patrol over 1,200 kilometres (km) of local roads and highways, including Provincial Highways 62 and 33 (Loyalist Parkway). PEC detachment area encompasses over 800 km of Lake Ontario and Bay of Quinte shoreline — the distance of Highway 401 from Windsor to the Quebec border. The detachment marine boundaries include all waters surrounding PEC including 18 km south into Lake Ontario to the international border. This provides a wide variety of marine activities from recreational boating, commercial fishing and commercial freighter traffic and dive operations. Specialized units include drug enforcement, aviation, explosive disposal, search and rescue, canine and emergency response.

2017-2022 OPP Action Plans - Prince Edward County

In the 2020-22 OPP Action Plan, a survey of 400+ PEC residents shows that despite excessive tourism volumes in the summer months, PEC residents still generally feel safe: 96% state that they feel “safe”, with 76% saying they feel “very safe”.

The community satisfaction survey conducted in 2016 for the 2017-2019 OPP Action Plan plan showed 99% of respondents felt safe in their community and just over 93% were “very satisfied” or “satisfied” with the quality of police service and with the OPP’s ability to work with the communities to solve local problems. 79.5% and 89.7% of respondents were satisfied or very satisfied with the OPP’s enforcement of aggressive driving laws and drunk driving laws, respectively.

A collaborative approach to crime prevention

Social causes for crime include inequality, lack of support for families and neighbourhoods, real or perceived inaccessibility to services, lack of leadership in communities and a low value being placed on the well-being of children and individuals. (Crime Prevention Council, “The root causes of crime“) Prince Edward County organizations are working collaboratively with the OPP to counteract these problems.

Community Collaborations

  • The PEC Situation Table is an alliance of local service agencies and PEC OPP. They are working together to mitigate situations for people who are experiencing multiple risks with the potential for increased victimization.
  • The Youth Inclusion Program (YIP)  and Youth Support Navigation Service (YSNS)  support the well-being of youth.
  • Intersections program is for young people who are at risk of becoming involved in the justice system.
  • The Harm Reduction Task Force is a collaboration of schools, HPE Public Health and the Street Crime Unit. The Task Force's goal is to encourage community partners to work together to reduce the harmful effects of illicit drug use, including opioids.
  • The Narcotics Committee  spearheaded by HPE Public Health, deals with drug education and prevention. Naloxone kits and training are available and Picton has a needle exchange location.
  • PEC OPP collaboration with Hastings / Prince Edward Addictions and Mental Health Services, Quinte Health Care (QHC), and the Belleville Police Service to implement a Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT) in the Quinte Area in order to reduce the incidents involving the police with people who have mental health issues.
  • ‘Lunch and Learn’ sessions with OPP Healthy Workplace Bureau, Peer Support, and other community partners provide an opportunity for officers to learn about various mental health related topics.
  • OPP engage with local Business Improvement Associations (B.I.A.) and the Chamber of Commerce to increase communication between local businesses and OPP.
  • Partner with Alternatives for Women, Victim Services, Victim Witness Assistance Program and the local media to work together to make the community aware of the problems and challenges associated with domestic violence.
  • Engage with Community Care for Seniors and other community partners to create a ‘Seniors And Law Enforcement Together’ (S.A.L.T) program in PEC to increase safety for our seniors in the County. The PEC OPP Community Services Officer (CSO) will continue Fraud Awareness Presentations with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), along with promoting ‘Friday Fraud Talks’. Citizens can also take advantage of the ‘Project Safe Trade’ parking spots at the PEC OPP Detachment.
  • Partnering with the Provincial Park Wardens on a regular basis over the summer to provide a consistent approach toward enforcement of the Liquor Licence Act on the beach.
  • Partnered with local stakeholders, including the Sandbanks Provincial Park in order to create a ‘Drowning Prevention Coalition’ in the Quinte Region.
  • Engaged with the municipality and local community partners to resume the success demonstrated with our Community Safety and Well Being (CSWB) Plan.

Community Resources

Alternatives For Women

Counselling services are free and confidential. Services include Second Stage Housing and non-judgmental, supportive counselling from a feminist perspective. They advocate on behalf of women and children and provide public education about the issues that concern women who have experienced domestic violence. AFW will be launching new training for frontline workers around the barriers that cause victims to return to violent homes. www.alternativesforwomen.org/


Community Advocacy and Legal Centre

Free, confidential legal help to people living on a low income. Services include assistance with Abuse and Family Violence problems plus Income assistance, Employment and work, Housing, Consumer and debt, Human rights and discrimination, Victims of crime, Schools and education, and Seniors’ issues.
communitylegalcentre.ca/


Ontario Provincial Police – Prince Edward Detachment

613 476-2151 For emergency assistance, DIAL 911 You can also call 1-888-310-1122 24 hour toll free, anywhere in Ontario
#569 County Road #1, Picton, Ontario
www.opp.ca/index.php?id=115

Julie Watson, Executive Director of Alternatives for Women, sheds light on the isolation that often envelops women in abusive relationships.

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)

SDG 16.1 Residents are safe and secure, in person and online.

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