Community Resources Branch

Branch Director: Lee Fitzpatrick Branch Sergeant: Caleb Roy January 2008

Mandate

The Community Resources Branch is responsible for the support of Community Mobilization and serves as a resource for any Crime Prevention, Crime Reduction and Public Education initiative in our organization and community .

Branch Structure

Supt. Kevin Chalk Insp. Steve Beckett Director Lee Fitzpatrick Sgt. Caleb Roy Community Policing Crime Prevention Schools and Community Education Community Mobilization Public Education Children’s Safety Village Elementary School Resource Officers Partners for Safe and Caring Schools

Children’s Safety Village

Cst. Barb Young Since the Children’s Safety Village’s establishment in 1992, over 250,000 children have been instructed in Fire, Traffic, and Internet safety.

The Waterloo Regional Children’s Safety Village is an education centre specifically designed for students from grades one through six in the Waterloo region.

Motto: What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember.

What I do, I understand.

Elementary School Resource Officers

Cst. Bob Kennedy- Kitchener Elementary Schools Cst. Chris Gravill- Waterloo Elementary Schools Cst. Cynthia Martin- Cambridge Elementary Schools These officers work out of Police Headquarters and regularly liaise with and support the High School Resource Officers who work out of the Waterloo, Kitchener, and Cambridge Police Divisions.

Partners for Safe and Caring Schools

Partners for Safe and Caring Schools

is a partnership comprised of representatives from: schools in the region, regional police services, and child, youth, and community agencies serving schools. We share the concern for the safety and care of all students. We provide support for member groups to deliver services that help create and maintain safe and caring schools.

We meet five times during the school year at Division 1, Kitchener Police Station, Frederick St., Kitchener.

Our purpose is to

: Identify, share, and track information pertaining to creating and sustaining safe and caring environments AND be a resource for schools and member agencies.

Schools and Community Education

List of Available Presentations: 1. Drugs/Alcohol Awareness- Grades 4-8 2. Bullying- JK- 3 and Grades 4-8 3. Bullying/Cyber Bullying/Internet Safety- Grade 4-8 4. Internet Safety for Adults 5. Street Proofing/Stranger Danger/Traffic Safety- JK-4 6. Vandalism- Grades 4-8 7. Halloween Safety- Grades 1-3 8. Railway Safety- Dangers and Consequences- Grades 4-8 9. Bicycle Safety- All ages

Community Education

- Drug Awareness - Personal Safety - C.P.T.E.D. (Crime Prevention through Environmental Design) The C.P.T.E.D. philosophy is founded on the belief

that the proper design and effective use of the built environment can lead to reduction in the fear and incidence of crime as well as an improvement in the quality of life.

Community Mobilization

HQ. Crime Prevention Officers

(CPO’s) Div 1, Cst. Rob Davis Div 2, Cst. Ray Mitton Div 3, Cst. Steve Tremblay HQ.

Community Education Officer

Cst. Peter Barbuto

Divisional Crime Resource Officers

(CRO’s) Div 1, Csts. Lisa Nyusa & Nadine Cybulski Div 2, Cst. Graham Hawkins Div 3, Cst. Kim Schnittke • Act as a resource to community/social agencies • Divisional projects/initiatives • CPO’s work with Divisional CRO’s