Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
Updated July 29, 2024
Sustainable Development Goal 16.1 Residents are safe and secure, in person and online.
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 well-being 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.
Five priority areas
- Housing and homelessness
- Seniors support
- Poverty reduction
- Mental Health and Problematic Substance Use
- Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence
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.
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 work collaboratively with the OPP to counteract these problems.
Community Resources
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
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
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
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