Burnaby Social Sustainability Strategy - City of Burnaby

116. Continue to create initiatives to involve residents in public safety and
crime prevention.
Possible Partners and their Roles:
• General business community, Burnaby Board of Trade, nonprofit
agencies, community organizations including ethno-cultural
and faith groups, health organizations, educational institutions,
Burnaby School District and other schools, RCMP, community
policing advisory committees: 1) provide input into the
development of additional initiatives; 2) encourage members to get
involved in public safety.
• Burnaby residents: 1) participate in public safety initiatives.
117. Assess the effectiveness of the ‘Business Watch’ pilot program 17 and
consider possibilities for expansion.
Possible Partners and their Roles:
• Businesses participating in the pilot, RCMP, community policing
advisory committees: 1) provide input into the review of the pilot
project.
• General business community, business associations, Burnaby
Board of Trade: 1) participate in and spread awareness about any
possible expansion of the program.
How it Works
Crime Prevention Through
Environmental Design, or
CPTED, is an approach to
planning and development
that reduces opportunities
for crime. Communities,
neighbourhoods, individual
homes, and other buildings,
as well as streets and
parks, can all be made
safer through the use of
design principles, such
as the careful design of
landscaping and placement
of windows, that make it
more difficult to carry out
inappropriate activities.
118. Continue to apply Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
principles to new developments and to identified existing
developments. Encourage TransLink to apply the principles near
transit hubs. Application of CPTED principles could lead to, for
example, improved lighting and landscaping, additional security
cameras, and panic buttons at appropriate locations.
Possible Partners and their Roles:
• TransLink: 1) liaise with the City to document and develop possible
solutions to security concerns around SkyTrain stations.
• Architects and developers: 1) apply CPTED principles to designs.
• Property owners, developers, Burnaby residents: 1) acquire
information about CPTED and retrofit buildings, as necessary.
Burnaby RCMP members take
part in the Kingsway-Imperial
Neighbourhood Association’s
community clean-up.
119. Continue to work with the Burnaby RCMP to identify new
opportunities to profile its non-emergency presence in the
community and to complement current initiatives (e.g., presentations
to school children, ‘meet your police’community events, sports
activities with youth, personal safety workshops at City venues).
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‘Business Watch’ is a collaborative crime prevention program that involves business owners
and managers keeping an eye out for suspicious and criminal activity, both on their own
property and on other business premises. Participating businesses report concerns to the
RCMP, and keep in touch with neighbouring businesses about crime concerns. The RCMP
provides valuable crime prevention information through educational seminars, e-mail alerts,
and in-person visits to the business premises.
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An RCMP member helps to
announce the winner of a raffle
prize at Gilmore Community
School’s Country Carnival.