Confronting crime before it ever happens

The root causes of crime among youth will not only be the focus of Peel’s incoming police chief; regional council is also making it a priority. The idea is to stop certain crimes from ever happening. 

The strategy to do this has come into sharper focus, as the Region of Peel has prioritized specific parts of its community safety and wellbeing plan that emphasize addressing the root causes of crime among youth.

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A community safety plan to focus stakeholders on curbing youth violence in Peel as a new chief is set to arrive, is the key to addressing the rise in crime.

A new regional plan mandated by the province is now taking shape, just as the incoming chief of police is set to take over the third largest municipal force in the country in October. He says crime has to be approached with an “upstream” strategy, tackling the root social and environmental factors that push young people in the wrong direction.

Published on August 21, 2019 in The Pointer - Brampton