Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Council is committed to working in partnership with residents, police, community organisations, the business community, and state and federal governments to ensure Canada Bay is a safe and welcoming place to live, work and visit.  Council has a Safety Committee and has developed a Crime Prevention Plan.

Community Safety Committee

Council has a Community Safety Committee which meets quarterly to address relevant actions highlighted in Council’s Social Plan and to thoroughly examine safety issues as brought to the Committee’s attention.

The Committee applies a cooperative approach to crime prevention and includes representation from Council, Burwood Police, Chambers of Commerce and the general public.  Some of the committee’s strategies are to:

• Encourage safety through better building and facility design;
• Inform and educate the community about preventative strategies;
• Identify funding opportunities to implement community safety and crime prevention projects; and
• Work cooperatively with Council’s Graffiti Committee, Traffic Committee and Road Safety Officer.

An invitation for community representation is issued every two years or as positions become vacant.

Crime Prevention Plan

City of Canada Bay Council has recently developed a Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan.  The plan has been developed in partnership with Burwood Council, and has been identified as a platform from which both councils can address common community safety and crime issues.  This Plan identifies a number of strategies to be implemented over the next three years, and seeks to forge partnerships with the community, police, government and business to develop a coordinated and proactive, preventive approach to addressing priority regional issues in relation to crime and personal safety.

The Plan is now being submitted to the NSW Attorney General’s Department seeking endorsement as a Safer Community Compact.  This will enable Council to apply for funding for the implementation of crime prevention strategies.