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ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
Date: February 8, 2001
Author/Local: M. Lee/G. Coburn
871-6034/717-2687
RTS No. 1847
CC File No. 2201
Council: February 20, 2001
TO:
Vancouver City Council
FROM:
Chief Constable and Director of Social Planning
SUBJECT:
Grant Allocations of Year 2001 - Community Safety Funding Program
RECOMMENDATION
THAT Council approve 19 grants totaling $300,000, for crime prevention and community safety activities as listed in Appendix A, including conditions on the grants, with cost to be shared on a 50/50 basis between the City and the Province. The source of funds for the City's portion to be the 2001 Other Grants Budget, to be approved in advance of approval of the 2001 Operating Budget.
GENERAL MANAGER'S COMMENTS
The City Manager RECOMMENDS approval of the foregoing.
COUNCIL POLICY
On October 25, 1996, Council approved the establishment of a joint City of Vancouver and Ministry of Attorney General Community Safety Funding Program. Council also approved a three year commitment (1997-1999) of an annual grant budget of $150,000, to be provided in its annual Operating Budget without offset.
On December 14, 1999, Council approved the continuation of its participation in the joint City of Vancouver and Ministry of Attorney General Community Safety Funding Program for the year 2000. Council also instructed the Chief Constable and the Director of Community Services, Social Planning, to report back before July, 2000 with a comprehensive plan for Community Policing Centres (CPCs) and the Community Safety Funding Program in Vancouver, including future directions, sustainability and working relationships between the funding and operating partners and the community.
On September 28, 2000, Council approved the continuation of its participation in the joint City of Vancouver and Ministry of Attorney General Community Safety Funding on an ongoing basis. The annual cost for the year 2001 is $150,000, subject to negotiating matching funding from the Provincial Government. The source of funding to be the Other Grants Budget.
Approval of funding requires eight affirmative votes.
PURPOSE
This report recommends the year 2001 Community Safety Grant allocations for 18 Community Policing Centres (CPCs) which deliver crime prevention programs and community safety activities. The report also recommends that a grant be allocated to the Vancouver Crime Prevention Society to work with the Community Policing Centres, Vancouver Police Department and Ministry of Attorney General in providing regular training and support to all CPCs collectively.
For the first few years of operation (1997 to 2000), the Community Safety Funding Program operated on a trial basis and was supported both by the City and the Ministry of the Attorney General. On September 28, 2000, Council approved the continuation of its participation in the joint City of Vancouver and Ministry of Attorney General Community Safety Funding Program on an ongoing basis.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Community Policing continues to be a priority of the Vancouver Police Department and is supported by the City. Most Community Policing Centres have gained in experience during this last year, and they continue to count on the support of over 700 volunteers.
Currently, a Police Sergeant is assigned full time to co-ordinate the program and work with the community groups. Each of the 18 Community Policing Centres (CPCs) currently in Vancouver has a dedicated Neighbourhood Police Officer (NPO) attached to it, and some offices have two NPOs assigned to them. There are also some Neighbourhood Police Officers assigned to Offices that are not part of the Community Safety Program (Kitsilano, Downtown Eastside, Dunbar and Musqueam). For a complete list of all CPCs, please refer to Appendix B.
There are many examples of excellent crime prevention programs and community safety activities being implemented by CPCs, including:
· volunteer bicycle patrols, where volunteers patrol seven days a week and have recovered a number of stolen vehicles, reported abandoned autos, and has evendiscovered a few marihuana grow operations, thefts from auto's have declined significantly in targeted areas;
· effective use of "FREE MEALS" sidewalk signs that clearly post the various community and social agencies who provide food to street people to discourage stationary pan-handling;
· operation of a family reunion program where the CPC helps street kids get off the street and go back home;
· an Inner-City Soccer School is co-ordinated from a CPC. This is a week long program where inner-city children 6-12 years old practice their soccer skills as well as receive daily sessions on safety/prevention information.
Grant applications were sent out in December 2000 and 19 submissions totaling $456,708 were received. The Joint Staff Steering Committee which includes staff from the Attorney General, VPD and Social Planning reviewed all applications and is making allocation recommendations based on established program criteria: merit of the application, community need for the activities, and effective outcomes of ongoing program services. For a review of Council's approved criteria for CPC evaluation, please refer to Appendix C.
The committee recommends that 19 grants totaling $300,000 be approved. The approved grants will be paid in two installments. The first payment will be made as soon as the grants are approved, while the second payment will be made in July 2001. All offices are required to submit a six month progress report in July and a final report and financial statement by year end.
There are 18 CPCs that have signed the Operating Agreement with the City of Vancouver. Through this Operating Agreement, the City provides indemnification coverage for all CPC staff and volunteers involved in appropriately sanctioned program activities. One Neighbourhood Safety Office in the Downtown Eastside has not signed the Operating Agreement and no grant has been recommended for that organization.
Staff from the Attorney General Ministry have provided City staff with a letter indicating the Ministry's commitment to the year 2001 portion of the Community Safety Funding program. Copy of this letter is on file in the Social Planning Department.
Appendix A lists all grants requests, the recommended activities, and funding allocations.
Appendix B lists all the contact names, addresses, and phone numbers of Community Policing Centres and the Vancouver Crime Prevention Society.
Appendix C summarizes the criteria approved by Council last year, to review and evaluate Community Policing Centres.
CONCLUSION
Community policing initiatives in Vancouver have been successful at engaging residents in crime prevention activities with the Police. Over the past few years, the offices have expanded from 4 to 18. The volunteer base has grown from a few dozen to seven hundred and numerous community safety programs have been delivered to thousands of citizens.
Approval of the grants recommendations outlined in this report will ensure the continuation of crime prevention and community safety programs being delivered at a neighbourhood level.
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APPENDIX A
2001 Community Safety Grant - Funded Activities, CONDITIONS and Comments
Sponsoring Society &
Community Policing CentreActivities
Request
Grant Recommend.
CONDITIONS/Comments
CHINESE BENEVOLENT ASSOC. OF VANCOUVER for
Chinese Community Policing CentreCommunity Awareness; Safety Fairs and Exhibitions; Seniors Crime Prevention; Anti-TFA Campaign; Bike Patrol; Block Watch
$26,950
$21,530
DAVIE STREET COMMUNITY POLICE CENTRE SOCIETY for
Davie Street Community Policing CentreBlock watch; Community Awareness; Court Watch; Seniors and Business Crime Prevention
$11,000
$11,000
DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE YOUTH ACTIVITIES SOCIETY for
Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood Safety Office$25,500
$0
Comment: Safety Office has not signed Operating Agreement with City of Vancouver.
FRASER STREET COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION SOCIETY for
South Vancouver Community Policing CentreNeighbourhood Cleanup; Community Ed.; Block Watch; Parking Lot Audit; Bike Patrol; Court Watch; Youth Action Program; Pooch Patrol; Seniors Program
$36,000
$29,000
GASTOWN COMMUNITY SAFETY SOCIETY for
Gastown Community Policing CentreEmergency Preparedness; Website; Foot Patrol; Pooch Patrol; Community Events; Community Education Program; Volunteer Outreach
$10,985
$9,860
GRANDVIEW-WOODLAND COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICE SOCIETY for
Grandview-Woodlands Community Policing CentreAnti-Graffiti; Block Watch; Business Watch; Community Crime Prevention; Court Watch; Park Watch; Youth and Seniors Program
$40,000
$28,000
GRANVILLE DOWNTOWN SOUTH CRIME PREVENTION SOCIETY for
Granville Downtown South Community Policing CentreYouth Safety Program; Graffiti Removal; Child Find; Community Awareness; Business Program
$50,000
$19,000
HASTINGS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION for
Hastings North Community Policing CentreCommunity Outreach; Foot Patrol; Block Watch; Anti-Graffiti
$22,100
$14,200
JOYCE STATION AREA PLANNING ASSOC. for
Collingwood Community Policing CentreBlock Watch; Court Watch; Drug Awareness; Community Outreach; Bike Patrol; Safer Homes for Seniors; Grow-op Project
$29,925
$29,000
KERRISDALE OAKRIDGE MARPOLE CRIME PREVENTION SOCIETY for
Kerrisdale/Oakridge/
Marpole Community Policing CentreCommunity Awareness, Seniors Outreach; Child Find
$18,204
$12,000
LITTLE MOUNTAIN/RILEY PARK SAFER COMMUNITIES SOCIETY for
Little Mountain/Riley Park/South Cambie Community Policing CentreCommunity Awareness; Community Outreach Program and Community Crime Prevention Program; Back Alley Numbering; Senior Safety
$20,302
$16,000
MOUNT PLEASANT SAFER COMMUNITY SOCIETY for
Mount Pleasant Community Policing CentreFoot Patrol; Bike Patrol; Block Watch; H.O.M.E.S; Graffiti Program; Community Outreach; Seniors Program
$39,000
$21,000
QUEEN ALEXANDRA SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD SOCIETY for
Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood Safety Office
Anti-Graffiti; Community Awareness and Outreach; Block Watch; Bike Safety
$24,265
$22,000
STRATHCONA AREA SAFETY SOCIETY for
Strathcona Community Policing CentreCitizens Street Patrol; Block Watch; Community Outreach
$24,430
$10,000
VANCOUVER CRIME PREVENTION SOCIETY
$7,035
Comment: Allotted for training needs identified by CPAC and CPCs.
VANCOUVER POLICE AND NATIVE LIAISON SOCIETY for
Police-Native Liaison Society Community Policing CentreCommunity Outreach; Reality Check for Indigenous People
$10,000
$10,000
WATERFRONT COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION SOCIETY for
Waterfront Community Policing CentreCommunity Outreach; Tourist/Business program
$23,000
$10,000
West End Community Policing Centre
Community Awareness; Childfind/Youth programs; Block Watch
$8,732
$6,000
CONDITIONS: Creation of a society and board of directors to operate the CPC. Sign a new operating agreement.
WESTSIDE COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION SOCIETY for
Granville IslandBlock Watch; Community Awareness & Forums; Bike & Foot Patrol; Bike Roadeo
$26,315
$18,375
Comment: Crime prevention activities to include Kitsilano area.
NORTH FALSE CREEK CRIME PREVENTION SOCIETY for
Yaletown Community Policing CentreBashline; Community Awareness
$10,000
$6,000
Total
$456,708
$300,000
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N.B.: Cheques will be payable to the SPONSORING SOCIETIES once the above grants are approved by Council.APPENDIX B
VANCOUVER POLICE DEPARTMENTCOMMUNITY POLICING CENTRES
NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING OFFICESRevised 2001-02-02
COMMUNITY POLICING CO-ORDINATOR
Sgt. Gord Coburn
PHONE: 717-2687 FAX: 257-3716DISTRICT ONE
Neighbourhood Policing Sergeant: Sgt. Steve GIBSON
PHONE: 717-2754DAVIE STREET Community Policing Centre
#1 - 1122 Bute Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6E 1Z4
717-2924/2925 FAX: 717-2926Neigbourhood Police Officer: PC 1328 Kinder SANDHU
Coordinator: Mr. Peter SYMONSNumber of Volunteers: 55
GRANVILLE DOWNTOWN SOUTH Community Policing Centre
916 Granville Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 1L2
717-2920/2921 FAX: 717-2922NPO: PC 1396 Jamie Munroe
Coordinator: Mr. Ray PetersonNumber of Volunteers: 40
WATERFRONT Community Policing Centre
#4 - 900 Canada Place Way
Vancouver, B.C. V6C 3L5
717-2916 FAX: 717-2917NPO: PC 1261 Jim PATENAUDE
Coordinator: Mr. Adolfo WAINBERGNumber of Volunteers: 10
WEST END Community Policing Centre
870 Denman Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6G 2L8
717-2918 FAX: 717-2919NPO'S: PC 769 Vicki CHU & PC 1531 Chantel MILLS
Coordinator: Mr. Jim JOHNSONNumber of Volunteers: 23
YALETOWN Community Policing Centre
1188 Hamilton Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 2S2
899-6250 FAX: 899-6251NPO: PC 1221 Byrce SCHINDELL
Coordinator: Gerry RICHARDSONNumber of Volunteers: 17
DISTRICT TWO
CHINESE COMMUNITY POLICING CENTRE
18 East Pender Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6A 3V6
688-5030 FAX: 688-5070NPO's: PC 1229 Al HESTER & PC 1293 Gerry WICKSTEAD
Coordinator: Mr. Jeremy Lam
Number of Volunteers: 50
GASTOWN Community Policing Centre
219 Abbott Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 2K7
717-2929 FAX: 717-2931NPO'S: PC 1658 Cal TRAVERSY & PC 1539 Tony CHAMBERS
Coordinator: Ms. Ruth KIDNumber of Volunteers: 30
GRANDVIEW-WOODLAND Community Policing Centre
1657 Charles Street
Vancouver, B.C. V5L 2T4
717-2932 FAX: 717-2923NPO: PC 1796 Gary SPARKS, & PC 1323 Bill PAKE
Coordinator: Ms. Penny HARRYNumber of Volunteers: 50
HASTINGS NORTH Community Policing Centre
2001 Wall Street
Vancouver, B.C. V5L 5E4
717-2933NPO: #103 Ken GRENNAN
Coordinator:Number of Volunteers: 11
POLICE - NATIVE LIAISON SOCIETY COMMUNITY POLICING CENTRE
324 Main Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6A 2T1
687-8411 FAX: 682-2967NPO: PC 1369 Mike MACDONALD
Coordinator: Ms. Freda ENSNumber of Volunteers: 10
STRATHCONA COMMUNITY POLICING CENTRE
1202 E Pender Street
Vancouver B.C.
V6A 1W8
717-2927 fax 717-2928
NPO: PC 1815 Mandy SCORRAR
Coordinator:Number of Volunteers: 20
DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE NEIGHBOURHOOD SAFETY OFFICE
12 East Hastings
Vancouver, B.C. V6A 1N1
687-1772 FAX: 687-1776NPO: PC1028 Dave DICKSON
Coordinator: Ms. Deb MEARNS(this office did not receive funding)
DISTRICT THREE
Neighbourhood Policing Sergeant: A/Sgt. Collin Harris
PHONE: 717-2808CEDAR COTTAGE Community Policing Centre
2777 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, B.C. V5N 4C5
717-2938 FAX: 717-2939NPO: PC 981 Gerry BURKE 717-2914
Coordinator: Ms. Barb WRIGHTNumber of Volunteers: 50+
COLLINGWOOD Community Policing Centre
5160 Joyce Street
Vancouver, B.C. V5R 5T8
717-2935 FAX: 430-4955NPO: PC 1357 Marci FLAMAND
Coordinator: Ms. Chris TAULUNumber of Volunteers: 130+
SOUTH VANCOUVER Community Policing Centre
5657 Victoria Drive
Vancouver, B.C. V5P 3W7
717-2940 FAX: 717-2941NPO: PC 1256 Mark JARVIE
Coordinator: Adrien BALAZSNumber of Volunteers: 75
MOUNT PLEASANT Community Policing Centre
113A-370 East Broadway
Vancouver, B.C. V5T 1X6
717-2936, 717-2982 FAX: 717-2937NPO: PC 1380 Steve CALLENDER
Coordinator: Ms. Elli KLAUSNumber of Volunteers: 25
DISTRICT FOUR
Neighbourhood Policing Sergeant: Sgt. Brian McNulty
PHONE: 717-2944GRANVILLE ISLAND Community Policing Centre
1405 Anderson Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6H 3R9
717-2944 FAX: 717-2945NPO: PC 162 Larry Yip
Coordinator: Susan COOPERNumber of Volunteers: 15
KITSILANO Community Policing Centre
Vancouver Firehall #12
2460 Balaclava Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6K 4M9NPO: PC 1791 Shelley HORNE
Coordinator: Ms. Jackie NEWTON
Number of Volunteers: 5(operates in conjunction with the Granville Island CPC)
LITTLE MOUNTAIN/RILEY PARK/SOUTH CAMBIE Community Policing Centre
4438 Main Street
Vancouver, B.C. V5V 3R3
717-2942 FAX: 717-2943NPO: PC 1350 Ian CARTER
Coordinator: Shelagh LEGGATTNumber of Volunteers: 63
KERRISDALE OAKRIDGE MARPOLE Community Policing Centre
295-5655 Cambie Street
Vancouver, B.C V5Z 3A4
717-3434 FAX: 717-3432NPO: PC 1055 Pat PAGAZZI
Coordinator: Ms. Jeanne AMBROSENumber of Volunteers: 50
DUNBAR SOUTHLANDS NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICE OFFICE
4747 Dunbar
Vancouver, B.C. V6S-2H2
717-3446 FAX: 717-3447NPO: PC 1074 Tim FANNING
(this office does not receiving funding)
MUSQUEAM NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICE OFFICER
6735 Salish Drive
Vancouver, B.C. V6N 4C4
263-3261NPO: PC 1564 George Lawson
(this office does not receive funding)
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APPENDIX C
EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR COMMUNITY POLICING CENTRES
Evaluating the performance of Community Policing Centres is a complex but necessary task. The evaluation of CPCs may help with future funding requests as well as with the assignment of resources. The evaluation will involve the following criteria:
Number of active volunteers
An appropriately functioning CPC should have a good number of volunteers (hopefully from the immediate neighbourhood) active in the sponsoring Society as well as in the delivery of crime prevention programs. It is difficult to establish an ideal fixed number of required volunteers, since each neighbourhood has different profiles and needs. It seems, however, that successful CPCs usually have over 50 volunteers and some have as many as 120 volunteers.
Ability to operate an accessible affordable office and consistency in hours of operation
A Community Policing Centre should be accessible to the surrounding community, and the Centre should include a physical space that ideally has a reception area, meeting space and office(s). The location of a CPC in a high traffic area seems to enhance not only its visibility and its capacity to implement crime prevention programs, but also its ability to attract volunteers as well. Consistent hours of operation throughout the week should facilitate interaction with the community.
Any new CPC must be secured within the community's resources without reliance on any City capital or additional operating funding.
Positive and dynamic rapport between assigned NPO and volunteers
A dynamic interaction between the Neighbourhood Patrol Officer assigned to a CPC and the volunteers is a key element of success. Neither the Police Department, nor the volunteers, acting on their own, could make neighbourhood safety programs work. Existing CPCs that have managed to develop positive interactive relationships are usually successful.
Ability to deliver consistent and effective crime prevention programs
This is the "raison d'être" of a CPC. An evaluation process would have to look not only at whether a CPC is operating crime prevention programs or activities, but also at how consistent and effective these programs are. The consistency refers to the permanency of those programs over time, and effectiveness has to be measured both in terms of actualreduction of crime or a positive impact on the public's perception or fear of crime.
Ability to positively engage diverse local community (residents and business)
Neighbourhoods in Vancouver are very diverse. It is assumed that the success of a CPC will have to be measured, among other criteria, by its ability to engage members of these diverse communities, whether that diversity relates to ethnic background, language, age group, geography, activities or other parameters. A CPC can not appear to represent the interests of just one particular group in the neighbourhood.
Engaging the local community could take the form of volunteers joining the sponsoring society, volunteers participating in crime prevention programs or donation of free space or resources to the CPC.
Positive community feedback
The best measure of the success of a CPC has to be the feedback provided by the very same community that it is supposed to serve. This feedback could be provided to the Police Officers working in the area, to CPC volunteers, or directly to funding agencies providing support to the CPC.
Diverse funding sources
The grants provided by the City of Vancouver and the Ministry of the Attorney General, through the community safety fund is targeted for program funding only. Funding needs may go beyond the program funding, and CPCs quite often require operational and capital dollars as well. Meeting these diverse funding demands requires access to other funding sources beyond what the community safety fund has to offer. Access to these other funding sources can be a measure of success.
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