City Moves to Develop Crime Prevention Plan

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 03:57 AM

Prince George, B.C.- The City of Prince George is going to work with the Provincial Ministry of Children and families to start a “Strategic Integrated Community Crime Prevention Planning Process.”

The Ministry is willing to provide $90 thousand a year for a program that will identify individuals who are at higher risk of being involved in crime and building protective factors to reduce the risk.

The program that is being examined as a possible model is “Communities that Care”. This program takes an approach to community building, focuses on promoting positive youth development and preventing problem behaviours.

Councillor Murry Krause supported this move and hope it will focus on youth, in particular , efforts to keep youth from getting involoved in gang activity.

Councillor Sherry Sethen says there also needs to be a concentration on the justice system and the reform to that, "It goes hand in hand and we cannot combat crime without all of our partners in place along with us."

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Posted by: metalman on September 30 2008 7:41 AM

"strategic integrated community crime prevention planning process"
That mouthful sounds like it could have been invented by a bunch of well fed upper middle class civil servants, or u.s. military types.

"a program that will identify individuals who are at higher risk of being involved in a crime, and building protective factors to reduce the risk"
That mouthful sounds like male bovine waste
Here is my translation; they are not going to do anything effective about the drug problems our society is suffering from.
They are going to make themselves and a few sheep think that something is being done, while the criminals continue to laugh at us boring straights who pay taxes.
metalman.

Posted by: cobrasnake on September 30 2008 7:57 AM

well said Metalman, the last time I had a look we had crime prevention, they call themselves the RCMP and we pay dearly for them. Although it is hard to prevent crime when you are standing at a 4 way stop hiding behind a building trying to catch hardened criminals not wearing their seat belts, I saw that yesterday over by every womens fitness...what a joke

Posted by: metalman on September 30 2008 12:17 PM

Yeah, that seems to be a favourite corner for the cops to prey on the working class.
Like you say 'hardened criminals', the ones who might not fasten their seat belts, thereby endangering the lives of innocent citizens. What a joke indeed, is our justice system and it's enforcers.
metalman.

Posted by: Shellshadow on September 30 2008 2:13 PM

DONT YOU KNOW THAT THEY DO NOT MAKE MONEY BY GOING AFTER THE HARDENED CRIMINALS. THEY GET $180.00 PLUS FOR EVERY SPEEDING TICKET AND SEAT BELT INFRACTION. :) QUOTAS YOU KNOW!!! MUST TARGET THE TAX PAYERS FOR THEY ARE THE EASIEST BULLSEYE!!

Posted by: lostfaith on September 30 2008 5:04 PM

Another waste of our taxdollars.