Community Resources BranchCommunity Resources Branch

Branch Director: Lee Fitzpatrick

Branch Sergeant: Caleb Roy

January 2008

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The Community Resources Branch is The Community Resources Branch is responsible for the support of Community responsible for the support of Community Mobilization and serves as a resource for Mobilization and serves as a resource for any Crime Prevention, Crime Reduction any Crime Prevention, Crime Reduction

and Public Education initiative in our and Public Education initiative in our organization and communityorganization and community..

Branch StructureBranch StructureSupt. Kevin Chalk

Insp. Steve Beckett

Public Education

Crime Prevention

Schools and Community Education

Community Mobilization

Children’s Safety Village

Elementary School Resource Officers

Partners for Safe and Caring Schools

Director Lee Fitzpatrick

Sgt. Caleb Roy

Community Policing

Children’s Safety VillageChildren’s Safety Village

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.

Cst. Barb Young

Elementary School Resource Elementary School Resource OfficersOfficers

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 Partners for Safe and Caring SchoolsSchools

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 EducationSchools and Community Education

List of Available Presentations:1. Drugs/Alcohol Awareness- Grades 4-82. Bullying- JK- 3 and Grades 4-83. Bullying/Cyber Bullying/Internet Safety- Grade 4-84. Internet Safety for Adults5. Street Proofing/Stranger Danger/Traffic Safety- JK-46. Vandalism- Grades 4-87. Halloween Safety- Grades 1-38. Railway Safety- Dangers and Consequences- Grades 4-89. Bicycle Safety- All ages

Community EducationCommunity 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 MobilizationCommunity Mobilization

HQ. Crime Prevention Officers (CPO’s)Div 1, Cst. Rob DavisDiv 2, Cst. Ray Mitton

Div 3, Cst. Steve Tremblay

HQ. Community Education OfficerCst. Peter Barbuto

Divisional Crime Resource Officers (CRO’s) Div 1, Csts. Lisa Nyusa & Nadine CybulskiDiv 2, Cst. Graham HawkinsDiv 3, Cst. Kim Schnittke

• Act as a resource to community/social agencies

• Divisional projects/initiatives

• CPO’s work with Divisional CRO’s