MPs silent on denied funding to combat growing youth violence in Peel

The Peel police 2018 annual report shows that while overall crime among youth has decreased slightly, representing 11.5 percent of charges laid by Peel police in 2018, down from about 14 percent in 2017, violent crimes — assault, uttering threats, sexual violations, robberies and homicides, etc. — increased 9 percent between 2017 and 2018, from 861 to 938 violations. There had been a similar increase between 2016 and 2017.

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Peel Police have failed to win their bid for $3.72 million from the National Crime Prevention Strategy, money intended to pay for a program to divert at-risk youth away from violent crime.

All five of Brampton’s MPs had signed on to the proposal with a letter of support, given the rise in violent crimes by young offenders over the past several years. A topic I’ve previously written about.

The reasons for the denial by Ottawa — and the details of the plan itself — remain murky.

Published on May 7, 2019 in The Pointer - Brampton