Crime Prevention Committee

City of Summerside Announces Community Safety and
Crime Prevention Advisory Committee
November 1st to 7th is Crime Prevention Week on Prince Edward Island and an initiative that will seek public input to assist in the prevention of crime in the community was announced today by the City of Summerside.
Councillor Cory Thomas, Chair of the Summerside Police Services Committee, released details of a newly formed Community Safety and Crime Prevention Advisory Committee. Thomas said, "The Advisory Committee will serve as a resource, information gathering and advisory body to City Council on matters pertaining to safety and the prevention of crime in the City of Summerside. Having citizen centered initiatives such as advisory committees, will provide council valuable advice on crime prevention initiatives. One component of this process will be to seek solutions and suggestions from the public in the form of focus groups.
The Advisory Committee, reporting to Summerside City Council through the Police Services Committee will be specifically responsible for:
 Developing, encouraging and promoting activities and education programs for residents of all ages on safety in the community, such as (but not limited to) injury prevention, pedestrian safety, traffic safety, bicycle safety, water and anti drug use;
 Developing, encouraging and promoting activities and education programs for residents of all ages on the prevention of crime within the community;
 Initiating and facilitating such working groups as may be necessary to assist in the development, encouragement and promotion of safety and crime prevention programs and activities;
 Liaising, facilitating and working in co-operation with City Departments, other advisory committees of Council, Boards of Education, local boards and any other organizations interested in the co-ordination of safety and crime prevention programs and activities;
 Acknowledging the action and activities of individuals and groups who are actively working towards developing community consensus on appropriate strategies for safety and crime prevention issues;
The committee will consist of four members at large; Les Chipperfield, former RCMP officer and former Director of Atlantic Police Academy, Summerside Lawyer, George Lyle, Rev. Dr. Andrew Richardson of Trinity United Church and George Dalton, a youth addictions advocate and worker. Youth between the ages of 18 and 25 will have a representative on the committee in Shelly Molyneaux, a Violence Against Women spokesperson and Holland College student. Also on the committee are Lila MacIssac-Buchanan, the Executive Director of the East Prince Youth Development Centre, Adam Binkley, Executive Director of the Summerside Boys and Girls Club, Dale Sabean, Superintendent of the Western School Board, Chief David Poirier, Summerside Police Services, Marj Montgomery, Community Coordinator for the Salvation Army, Andy Lou Somers, the Executive Director of the East Prince Women’s Information Centre, Gordie Whitlock, Director of Generation XX and Alan Paquet, former manager of Community Corrections for the Province of PEI.